Extraction & Gangs of London – The Movie Robcast
The Movie Robcast reaches its 90th episode! And we’re marking the occasion with bang, looking at Chris Hemsworth’s explosive actioner Extraction and Gareth Evan’s brutal crime epic Gangs of London.…
Month: April 2020
Saigon Metalhood – Inside Vietnamese Heavy Metal
If you want to rock down while you lockdown, we recommend a heavy dose of Saigon Metalhood. A documentary about the Vietnamese heavy metal scene since the 1970s, it uncovers…
Gangs of London
Director: Gareth Evans (plus action sequence director in certain episodes), Xavier Gens, Corin Hardy (various episodes) Writers: Peter Berry, Claire Wilson, Carl Joos, Joe Murtaugh, Lauren Sequeira, Gareth Evans, Matt…
Shudder Sunday
For those of us social distancing alone, technology is not only a conduit to reaching friends and family, it often becomes a friend or cool cousin. When lockdown rules are…
Insidious: In praise of a perfect jump scare
WARNING: This feature discusses a key shock point in 2010’s Insidious. If you have not seen Insidious, we strongly urge you to do so before reading on. As of the…
Moonraker – The Movie Robcast
For multiple obvious reasons, No Time to Die has been moved back to November. But we still wanted to give you a Bond episode for April. There were twenty-four 007…
Home Premiere Round-Up – The Movie Robcast
Episode 88 sees the two Robs taking a deep dive into four films fast-tracked to home rental when Coronavirus closed cinemas. Bloodshot, Military Wives, Emma and The Hunt. With such…
Greyhound: In praise of a great trailer
Enforced isolation can find you doing funny things. Sure, you meant to start penning that script, or picking up that clarinet, or painting that pastoral view from a cherished childhood…
Mulan (1998) – The Movie Robcast
The Robs originally planned for the first episode in April to be Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan. But, with that being another Coronavirus-related postponed movie, they thought why not go…