The Descent

Blu-ray Review: Doomsday

RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008

What a disappointment from a director we expect more from

The Ruins (Unrated)

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

THE RUINS shows signs of genuine promise throughout, but never completely delivers on sheer horror goodness. I did appreciate that despite the potentially cheesy premise, the movie took itself seriously and created a genuinely tense and frightening atmosphere for the majority of the time. For that reason, it reminded me a lot of Neil Marshall’s (superior) THE DESCENT, both in tone and execution. But...

Rogue Producing The Keep

Screenhead (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008

Variety reports that Rogue Pictures will produce a film version of the novel The Keep by Jennifer Egan. The site notes that Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Skeleton Key) has adapted and will produce the thriller that revolves around a mysterious prisoner who seduces a local woman with his tale of a supernatural secret. Matthew [...]

Going Down Again with a First Look at The Descent 2 [First Look]

Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008

The original Descent is one of those perfect and complete movie experiences that in no way needs a sequel... but its success on DVD pretty much guaranteed we would get one anyway. Announced a few months ago, the sequel is currently in production, and the first on-set photo is ...

“Descent 2″ First Look

FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008

The first photo of one of the cave crawlers (Adam Harvey) from “The Descent 2” has hit the webs. According to Fangoria, all the original cast of the first film have returned for the sequel. Director of the original, Neil Marshall, is not helming this time around, but instead serving as executive producer. “It was about [...]

Descent 2 first look

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008

Check out this cave crawler. He reminds me of this girl I used to date back in the day, Miriam Schleifman. Yeah, that’s right Mir. If you’re reading this, that’s you! Gross, right? I’m kidding. Miriam was slightly better looking. This is actually an image of one of the beasts in THE DESCENT 2, the follow-up to Neil Marshall’s indie horror sensation. This one picks up where the first one left off, but...

Dead Or Alive, All The Ladies Are Back In Descent 2 [The Descent 2]

io9 (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008

Neil Marshall's Descent 2 promises screen time for his original cast of adventurous women — even though most of them are dead. Empire Magazine reports that all of the original's spelunking women will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Guy Ritchie Directing “Sherlock Holmes”

FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

Guy Ritchie has signed on to write and direct a reimagination of Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros. The film will based on Lionel Wigram’s forthcoming comic which reinvents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic 19th century detective character as a more action-oriented creation. Some of Holmes’ more eccentric abilities such as boxing and swordfighting come into play [...]

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Guy Ritchie - Guy Ritchie Contracted For Sherlock Holmes Movie

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008

Guy Ritchie is to take a look at an older style of crime movie with a new Sherlock Holmes adaptation The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director has been ...

Guy Ritchie Signs on to Direct Sherlock Holmes

Film Junk (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008

Last time we heard about a new Sherlock Holmes movie from Warner Brothers, Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday) was the guy that was supposedly going to direct it. Now it looks like they’ve changed their mind, and gone with another British director who seems equally ill-suited for the task. Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two [...]

Doomsday - the 'Mc Apocalypse' review

DARKMATTERS - The Mind Of Matt (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008

Doomsday (18) Dir. Neil Marshall Reviewed by Matt Adcock What do you get if you cross Mad Max, Escape From New York, Aliens, 28 Days Later and maybe throw in a bit of Excalibur for fun? – In a word ‘Doomsday'. You hear that shrieking noise though? That's the sound of a director’s cool imagination and creative flair grinding up against the limitations of his big scale storytelling plotting ability…...

UK Box Office May 9-11

My Films Blog (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008

It's only week 2 of the official Summer Blockbuster Season, and already cinemas are in trouble. Over in the US, commentators yelled "flop!" after news that the candy-coloured CGI spectacle Speed Racer had taken just $20 million – as against...

Doomsday (18)

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008

Doomsday is another over-ambitious follow-up to a low-budget smash. Neil Marshall's pot-holing horror thriller The Descent was feted for its claustrophobic setting and tightly focused premise, but his sprawling new film goes as far as possible in the opposite direction. It begins in the present day, with the outbreak of a viral epidemic in Scotland which leads to the whole country being quarantined...

Film Weekly: Super search me

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

Morgan Spurlock on his new documentary Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?

Doomsday - Review

IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

WITH his last film The Descent , British director Neil Marshall gave the horror genre a much-needed kick up the backside with his awe-inspiring mix of claustrophobic tension and unflinching violence. Needless to say, hopes were high for its follow-up. Sadly, Doomsday marks a major step backwards for the filmmaker. Designed as an homage to his favourite movies, the film instead feels like a lazy rip-off...