Here at Toast, we’re fans of cinema from far and wide, so we were excited to learn that the Japan Foundation’s annual touring programme is coming to the Showroom Cinema this month. Here’s all the info on the films and the theme of this year’s programme, courtesy of our friends down at the Showroom…...
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General Release: 10th February The big screen adaptation of Susan Hill’s terrifying 1983 novel has been a long time coming, and thankfully the brains behind it saw sense to abandon plans to film in 3D. Daniel Radcliffe successfully escapes the spectre of his status as the world’s favourite wizard to take the lead role...
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General Release: 9th February Hang on a tick… Isn’t this the self-same slab of disappointment that hit cinemas in July 1999 and destroyed the childhood memories of a generation? Yes, but this time it’s been retrofitted in 3D! But won’t the 3D be a hastily applied cash-in that doesn’t really work anyway, I hear...
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General Release: 10th February Dear Adam Sandler (circa 1996), I am writing to you from the future, February 2012 to be more precise. First off, let me stress how much I enjoy your work in Happy Gilmore. It may be hard to believe right now, but you will shortly be responsible (as producer, no...
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General Release: 1st February Written by Max Landis (son of director John Landis), Chronicle is the story of three teenage friends who gain telekinetic powers and, like anyone with any sense, use these new-found abilities to make mischief by moving inanimate objects around to mess with people. When the novelty subsides, the trio find...
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General Release: 27th January The tried-and-tested “Monster in the closet” horror formula gets a modern treatment here from Intacto/28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Don’t expect rubbery 80s creatures though, as this one seems to focus on the monster being a psychological manifestation passed down from parent to child. Clive Owen plays John...
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According to T.S. Eliot, April is the cruellest month, but to be honest, you’d struggle to find a more spiteful and unforgiving month than January. It’s depressing, cold, no one has any money and moods are at a definite low, so why not embrace the darkness and give Pascal Laugier’s cheery little film of...
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