Dave catches up with the workaholic Welshman to get the skinny on his latest. The Haunting of Margam Castle marks the twenty-fifth feature from prolific director Andrew Jones in the last seven years, and it could well be his most impressive-looking movie so far. The Welshman has always had an eye for a good shot;… Read More Welsh Gothic: Andrew Jones on The Haunting of Margam Castle
‘There’s a new Puppet Master in town’ screams the cheeky tagline from the third Robert the Doll movie; ironically, Andrew Jones may well be the natural successor to Charles Band, and here he tells Dave about his love for Full Moon and how anonymity suits him just fine.… Read More Puppet on a Shoestring: Andrew Jones talks Robert the Doll
Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas there, synonymous with the Carmarthernshire town of Laugharne, which is the… Read More DTV Junkyard 114
Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… It’s less than a thousand days since the first Robert movie entered the home entertainment world (937 to be exact), and here we are already with the UK release of the third sequel. Surely this is the fastest franchise… Read More DTV Junkyard 113
Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… While a director like Terrence Malick is lauded for a lack of productivity, with his long periods of creative silence serving to construct the aura of a complex genius, those megaphone-wielding artists at the coal face are revered with… Read More DTV Junkyard 112
Dave Wain’s essential breakdown of this week’s cavalcade of straight-to-disc treats. Step inside the DTV Junkyard… We Brits have always been a little contemptuous of low budget filmmaking, spending our time littering the review sections of Amazon with one-star diatribes peppered with the usual embarrassing clichés like “I could have done it better myself.” Perhaps… Read More DTV Junkyard 107
The Schlock Pit 