Movie Masochism

In Review: One from The Heart on DVD (1982)

by Maryann O'Connor 16 April 2012

There are two reasons why you might want to watch this film; firstly, it’s famous for being a musical (songs composed by Tom Waits) directed by Francis Ford Coppola and the film which bankrupted Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. Secondly, it is completely bonkers.

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In Review: Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

by Maryann O'Connor 30 November 2011

By Maryann O’Connor I am aware that if you are reading this, you’re probably a Twilight fan wanting to revel, once more, in the events of the penultimate film in the series. However, I do hope that you’re someone who might be sceptical about or casually ridicule the series. I want to discuss this film [...]

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In Review: The World of the Dead: Zombie Diaries 2 on DVD

by Sean Burton 5 October 2011

By Sean Burton   Released in 2006, The Zombie Diaries was an independent, low-to-zero budget British film about a zombie apocalypse seen though the eyes and camera of a group of ‘average joes’. 

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Bad Film Club Vs Xanadu

by Helen Cox 12 September 2011

After 5 years at the Barbican in North London The Bad Film Club, beloved refuge of card-carrying movie masochists everywhere, has moved to Riverside Studios.

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In Review: Troll 2 / Best Worst Movie

by Helen Cox 21 March 2011

By Helen Cox Last month I was inducted into a cult. A cult of green goop and erotic corn on the cob. A cult of frighteningly cheerful grandfathers, spontaneously dancing sisters and mothers who appear, by that wild look in their eye, to be high as a kite: the cult of Troll 2.

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Film Confessionals: Why I Love Independence Day

by Rob Keeling 2 March 2011

By Rob Keeling Whether we like it or not, there are some films that we are all slightly ashamed of admitting we love. These films are, often, not the most thought-provoking or meaningful of movies, but there’s just something about them that keeps us going back for more.

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Dire-ctors: Edward D. Wood Jnr

by I S Kallah 6 February 2011

By I.S. Kallah “One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.” Born on 10th October 1924 Ed Wood was an actor, author, editor, producer, screenwriter and director. In his short life spanning 54 years he made a number of B-films, which were so appallingly bad that they were, in fact, [...]

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