Drink Me (DVD Review)
Starring: Chris Ellis-Stanton, Emmett Friel,Darren Munn
Director: Daniel Mansfield
Running Time: 74 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Director: Daniel Mansfield
Running Time: 74 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Last year Richard Mansfield brought us the odd but sometimes effective The Secret Path, and now it’s the turn of his husband, Daniel, to direct a gay-themed Brit Flick, Drink Me. Both movies share being on the verge of the supernatural, as well having as a love of somewhat perplexing horror, but while Secret Path was set in the past, this is a more modern affair.
Andy and James are a couple living a pleasant suburban life, which seems to offer everything they’d want. However when Andy is made redundant their financial stability comes under threat and they decide they need to take in a lodger. The arrival of the sexy Sebastian puts increasing pressure on Andy and James’ relationship and major cracks appear, especially as Andy gets increasingly paranoid and suggests that a series of disappearances may have something to do with the man staying in their house.
Sebastian meanwhile is a mysterious figure, flirting with both of his landlords and perhaps hiding a deeper, vampiric secret. [Read more…]
Andy and James are a couple living a pleasant suburban life, which seems to offer everything they’d want. However when Andy is made redundant their financial stability comes under threat and they decide they need to take in a lodger. The arrival of the sexy Sebastian puts increasing pressure on Andy and James’ relationship and major cracks appear, especially as Andy gets increasingly paranoid and suggests that a series of disappearances may have something to do with the man staying in their house.
Sebastian meanwhile is a mysterious figure, flirting with both of his landlords and perhaps hiding a deeper, vampiric secret. [Read more…]
Hidden Away (DVD Review)
Starring: German Alcarazu, Ramón Agirre, Álex Angulo, Moussa Echarif
Director: Miekl Rueda
Running Time: 88 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Director: Miekl Rueda
Running Time: 88 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Rafa is a teenage boy on the verge of becoming a man, who’s starting to realise that maybe his friends are jerks (and racists), something that becomes especially acute when they begin to pressure him to get with girls, which he isn’t interested in.
Then he meets Ibra, a young Moroccan immigrant, who he knows his friends wouldn’t approve of but who he feels drawn to. They spark up a friendship which may be leading to something more. However Ibra’s precarious situation begins to take precedence when it becomes clear the Spanish authorities want to deport him, despite the fact he’s underage and has nobody to go back to. [Read more…]
Then he meets Ibra, a young Moroccan immigrant, who he knows his friends wouldn’t approve of but who he feels drawn to. They spark up a friendship which may be leading to something more. However Ibra’s precarious situation begins to take precedence when it becomes clear the Spanish authorities want to deport him, despite the fact he’s underage and has nobody to go back to. [Read more…]
Silent Youth (DVD Review)
Starring: Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes
Director: Diemo Kemmesies
Running Time: 74 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Director: Diemo Kemmesies
Running Time: 74 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 27th 2015 (UK)
Marlo (Martin Bruchmann) is a young man wandering around Berlin when his hand brushes against another guys’ as he crosses the street. Marlo decides to follow the man – even though he doesn’t seem to be sure why – who eventually approaches him and introduces himself a Kirill (Josef Mattes).
The film then follows their next few days together, where both men seem to want to fully connect but aren’t sure how. As they hang out Kirill reveals stories of how he was beaten up while visiting his grandmother in Russia, as well as the issues he has with his family, while Marlo attempts to understand and connect to this man he has an undeniable attraction to, even if neither have acted on it with a guy before. [Read more…]
The film then follows their next few days together, where both men seem to want to fully connect but aren’t sure how. As they hang out Kirill reveals stories of how he was beaten up while visiting his grandmother in Russia, as well as the issues he has with his family, while Marlo attempts to understand and connect to this man he has an undeniable attraction to, even if neither have acted on it with a guy before. [Read more…]