Andy Shaw
When he isn't writing for the prestigious site you currently find yourself reading, Andrew is busy either writing for EatSleepLiveFilm or posting pictures of dogs in hats on Facebook. He fell in love with movies after a double-bill of The Empire Strikes Back & Return of The Jedi at the tender age of four. His favourite film is Goodfellas, his favourite director is Martin Scorsese, his favourite actor is Paul Newman. Caught you off guard there, eh? You were expecting Robert De Niro or something.
Ben Wheatley's Down Terrace was a quirky, mean, keenly observed look at family dynamics through the prism of a fading criminal empire. It was The Godfather by way of Andrea Dunbar. His follow-up, Kill List, is one of the most frightening and unsettling horror movies of recent times. All this time since my first viewing (which ended with a long, uncomfortable late-night drive through the countryside) and the movies vicious imagery and creeping tone still have an effect on me. Sightseers was a much-needed, but nonetheless violent and mean-spirited, palate cleanser after the all-consuming gloom of Kill List.
All of this is a roundabout way of establishing that Ben Wheatley is a singular vision in British film. Naturally, expectations for A Field In England are high.
There was a lot of talk about Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac following Shia LaBeouf's revelation that the film would show actors engaging in hardcore sex. Full penetration, on-camera. One film the cast wouldn't invite their dear grandmamas to see. However, it seems The Beef spoke out of turn as it's not quite how it seems.
The new trailer for The Wolverine covers a lot of similar ground to the previous one, but there are some interesting additions that elevate it above your standard hack-n-growl Wolverine trailer.
You can't have a movie without about twenty character posters to promote it. Recently The Hangover Part III deigned to make a giraffe used in a joke worthy of a character poster. At least these Man of Steel character posters are on-point. For now.
Jennifer Lawrence is back in the full blue body make-up in X-Men: Days of Future Past. You're welcome.
