Southend-on-Sea Interview with ‘Session n° 78’ writer-director Bridget O’Driscoll

Session n° 78 (2018) Director: Bridget O'Driscoll Writer: Bridget O'Driscoll Stars: Cédric Villenave, Rose Romain, Sara Verhagen Pavel, a Pole, learns English via an audio cassette method. Today, he is starting his seventy-eighth lesson. But is Pavel making...

Graham Jones crime documentary ‘Rainy In Glenageary’ released on YouTube

https://youtu.be/v2kjsm11_t4 Award-winning Irish director Graham Jones, who has made several critically-acclaimed indie movies since the nineties such as NOLA AND THE CLONES and HOW TO CHEAT IN THE LEAVING CERTIFICATE, has released a new film called RAINY IN GLENAGEARY. This latest...

Southend-on-Sea Interview with ‘I’m Coming Home’ director Samuel Turner

I'm Coming Home (2019) Director: Samuel Turner https://vimeo.com/325432809 Samuel Turner has autism. He is also a filmmaker, having brought us The Story of the Vegetable Man , The Referendum Day of Gibraltar and A Disability Matter of War . He has...

Southend-on-Sea Interview with Axman writer-director Marc Blake

Axman (2019) Director: Marc Blake Writer: Marc Blake Stars: Fiona Hardy, Simon Scardanelli, Rob Trend, Marc Lucero, Ian Alldis https://youtu.be/8CfZGKdyvrA Petty rivalries and huge egos clash as Smokescreen, possibly the greatest Rock and Roll band of the 70's reform for one last Album and...

Southend-on-Sea Interview with Do Something, Jake co-writer and director James Smith

Do Something, Jake (2018) Director: James Smith Writer: James Smith, Caroline Spence Stars: Vicki Glover, Mia Mills, Caroline Spence, Nenaa-Jo Uraih, Ed Bergtold https://youtu.be/2y6o-BNNm-Y Jake is an introvert, illiterate, and unable to hold down a basic job. Unbeknown to those around...

Southend-on-Sea Interview with Perfect Baby director Paul Rodriguez

Perfect Baby (2018) Director: Paul Rodriguez Writer: Paul Rodriguez Stars: Tawny Fontana, Marek Platek, Lucy Cheesemanm, Nikol Madjarova, Zak Mir Set in a dystopian present, Jason and Emily Walker want to have a baby, but the government has strict rules that present them...

Interview with The Southend-on-Sea Film Festival Director Paul Cotgrove

The Southend-on-Sea Film Festival is recognised as one of the most prestigious UK events for filmmakers and will be returning in May for its 11th Year. I got an opportunity to ask festival director Paul Cotgrove a few questions...

Film Review ‘Replicas’

Replicas (2018) Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff Writers:  Chad St. John (screenplay by), Stephen Hamel (story by) Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz, Emjay Anthony https://youtu.be/0M_ZBlR-o_g Replicas is a new sci-fi drama from director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, which features Keanu Reeves who makes a...

The Southend-on-Sea Film Festival returns in 2019 for its 11th year.

The Southend-on-Sea Film Festival is recognised as one of the most prestigious UK events for filmmakers and will be returning in May for its 11th Year, for what’s looks to be the biggest event yet. Bringing together a strong...

Film review ‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018) Director: Tommy Wiklund, Sonny Laguna Writers:  S. Craig Zahler (Based on characters created by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall) Stars: Thomas Lennon, Jenny Pellicer, Nelson Franklin, Charlyne Yi, Michael Paré Recently divorced...

Interview with ‘Rise of the Carnivores’ author Lou Yardley

Lou Yardley is a horror-fantasy novelist who is best known for the werewolf horror Horrorhound, which delivers a unique blend of bloody horror and sharp humour. With the recent release of her latest novel Rise of the Carnivores I got an opportunity to...

Comic Review ‘I welcome Death: Cardinal Sin Part 2’

Benito Andino III: Creator-Writer-Letterer Edwin “ARTEX” Badillo: Artist-Colourist Following on from the impressive Dark Daylight Day; Cardinal Sin Part 1, I was excited to take a look at the follow up comic in the series entitled I welcome Death: Cardinal Sin...