The Big Picture issue 19 - Winter's Discontent.

The new issue of The Big Picture magazine is available now as a free PDF download. Themed under the title 'Winter's Discontent', the issue features pieces on The Great White Silence, Dr Zhivago, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Let the Right One in and Ikiru among others. Guest writer Pamela Hutchinson, who runs the Silent London website has penned an enlightening article on Way Down East, and longtime contributor Scott Jordan Harris takes a look at the Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane, one of cinema's most evocative objects. Click on the link below to download the issue, we hope you enjoy it and share it with your film-loving family and friends. You can find The Big Picture on Facebook here and on Twitter by searching for @BigPicFilmMag.

The Big Picture: Winter's Discontent

New Empress review: Nowhere to Go

Although forever associated with their comedies, Ealing Studios also had a darker side, as Nowhere to Go, recently released on DVD, exemplifies. Click on the link below to see what I made of this 1958 British Film Noir.

New Empress: Nowhere to Go

Eye For Film review: From Beyond

Stuart Gordon's riotous 80s splatterfest From Beyond, starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Ken Foree, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 25th February. Click the link below to read my Eye For Film review of both the movie and the numerous extras that feature on the Second Sight package.

Eye For Film: From Beyond

New Empress review: TranSylvania

Tony Gatlif's TranSylvania, starring Asia Argento and Birol Unel, is the subject of my latest review for New Empress magazine. Click on the link below to read why I was impressed by the director's road movie-cum-love story.

New Empress: TranSylvania

Electric Sheep article: Alternative Fortresses

The theme for the latest issue of Electric Sheep is fortresses in movies. I thought I'd look at 'alternative' ones,places that are co-opted into becoming strongholds. Think Dawn of the Dead's shopping mall or the farmhouse in Dog Soldiers. Click on the link below to read 'Remember the Alamo'.

Electric Sheep: Remember the Alamo

Eye For Film review: Wreck-It Ralph

Just for a change I thought I'd review a major new release, and a family film to boot. It proved to be a worthwhile venture as Disney's latest, Wreck-It Ralph, was a total hoot. Click on the link below to see why I thought so.

Eye For Film: Wreck-It Ralph

Eye For Film Review

First time writer/director Paul China's neo-noir thriller Crawl is the subject of my latest review for Eye For Film. I was hoping this Australian genre effort would continue the country's strong output over the last few years, sadly, it doesn't. Click on the link below to see why I think it's more miss than hit.

Eye For Film: Crawl