There has been a lot of talk surrounding Mexican movie Halley. The biggest word to come from their lips is zombie and that might make you groan. It seems on an yearly basis we get a new infection of monsters and obsess over one. A few years we have had the vampire and now there seems to be an influx of zombie movies. Nevertheless, Halley seems to bring a different few on the genre and entwines it perfectly with an artistic flare.   Halley is about Bento, a gymnasium security guard who...

I have a very limited knowledge of Bulgarian cinema. Limited being that I haven’t seen any so given the opportunity to see Emile Christov’s Bulgarian debut, The Colour of the Chameleon, I jumped at the chance to see the Eastern European movie. Especially because this espionage black comedy that is thick on complex satire sounded just my cup of tea. Think of a humorous, complicated Bulgarian take on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy set in the Cold War 80’s just years before the collapse of the Berlin...

Guillermo Del Toro is a great name. Rolling off the lips of film fans and appearing as a presenter to many films, Del Toro is a brilliant film maker. Whether he is leading the direction, writing the screenplay or producing countless amount of fantasy and horror movies, Del Toro is a giant amongst the film industry. The Spanish director has earned countless amount of fans, awards and praise for his works which include The Devil’s Backbone and his new venture, Pacific Rim. Yet it is the dark...

    When films such as Nosferatu and Dracula came out, audiences were overcome by fright. The tale of the vampire was rife in everyone’s nightmares. An impressive set of teeth, a darken shadow and a lust for blood kept many up as the fear for the fanged fiend was rife. Unfortunately, in recent years, the vampire tale has fallen flat. With a constant stream of movies, TV shows and goddamned books coming out on the thirsty creatures, the current view is that vampires suck. Gladly, in...

  There has been a long standing love for oriental food ever since the first noodle. If I were to ask you now to picture your favourite meals, somewhere in there you’d imagine steaming hot spare ribs, tasty spiced rice, noodles that do not belong in pots, sweet and sour chicken and hoisin sauced duck. I bet you are all drooling now, I for one am mopping up my keyboard. So oriental food has been a staple of many diets for years, and on that list are dumplings which are tasty fried little...