This Week on the DCMG Websites


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

Catch up with all David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar articles so far HERE.

Monday 14th October

On The DreamCage

"I loved everything about this film. It is funny and it is FUN. After a week of very heavy and often overly pretentious horror films, The Babysitter was a much needed break."

Day 14 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is The Babysitter...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-14-babysitter.html


"Netflix, Amazon and the other services have transformed television viewing for ever and it has changed us as well."

Daniel White goes square eyed looking at the rise and rise of box-set binge-ing of TV shows...



"indie voices like Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s continue to be more inventive and unique than most of the big-budget films produced by the major studios. "

Ren Zelen watched Synchronic at the London Film Festival...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-synchronic.html


Tuesday 15th October

On The DreamCage

"Whether it is because of scenes which make us feel uncomfortable, psychologically scarring scenes, or even pure gore, sometimes our body reacts on its own to films."

Day 15 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Apostle...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-15-apostle.html

The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) takes place from 1st-14th November in London before embarking on the annual tour 18th-24th November. Here's some highlights to look out for...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-london-korean-film-festival.html

"According to aficionados of H.P Lovecraft, his macabre cosmic tales are notoriously difficult to adapt into film."

Ren Zelen watched Color Out of Space at London Film Festival...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-color-out-of-space.html


Wednesday 16th October

On The DreamCage

" There are few things that can be so unassuming yet so terrifying as an older house that creaks and cracks, and may contain some strange connection to the underworld."

Day 16 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Malevolent...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-16-malevolent.html

"Throughout cinematic history there are examples of films that deal with the consequences with messing with 'the order of things'."

Daniel White's Universal Monster this week is The Invisible Man...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-universal-monsters-collection_16.html

"I have to admit, straight off the bat, that I’m an absolute sucker for Agatha Christie-type whodunnits, so too is self-confessed fan, writer/director Rian Johnson"

Our own super-sleuth Ren Zelen investigated Knives Out at London Film Festival...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-knives-out.html

On AlbieMedia

None shall sleep as Daniel White heads back to the cinema for more live Opera. This time it's Puccini's Turandot, streamed live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/review-turandot.html


Thursday 17th October

On The DreamCage

"Although the post-apocalyptic genre has had a massive explosion in the last decade, and a lot of those films are complete and utter derivative trash, I still have a soft spot in my heart for the genre."

Day 17 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is The Silence...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-17-silence.html


The 23rd UK Jewish Film Festival runs from 6th – 21st November at 15 cinemas across London before a short tour across the country. Here are some highlights to look forward to...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-uk-jewish-film-festival.html

"a grim, hallucinatory story about two men shut up in a lighthouse tower, going slowly mad in their mutual loathing."

Ren Zelen watched The Lighthouse at London Film Festival...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-lighthouse.html

On AlbieMedia

"I'll be honest with this one - my Mum bought the single so I instantly thought it to be incredibly uncool."

Jimmy Hunter's #SotD79 choice this week is from Herb Alpert...


https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/sotd79-herb-alpert.html

"I know, right down to my bones, that I can’t live without Billy’s discography in my life."

Thirty years after its release, Steve Taylor-Bryant remembers the Billy Joel album Storm Front...




Friday 18th October

On The DreamCage

"There are few writers who inspire almost supreme confidence from the horror fandom."

Day 18 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is In The Tall Grass...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-18-in-tall-grass.html

With Frozen getting a 4K re-release on Monday, Daniel White takes a look below the cosy surface at the icy heart of the film.....

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/film-frozen.html


Saturday 19th October

On The DreamCage

"Sometimes you see a premise for a movie and you are instantly intrigued. "

Day 19 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is Before I Wake...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-19-before-i-wake.html

"I might have known that any show helmed by J J Abrams and spanning 6 series, 120 episodes, was going to be complicated but equally gripping. "

With lots of spoilers, Daniel White looked back at Lost...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/tv-lost.html

On AlbieMedia

"One of the fantastic things, for me, about writing for AlbieMedia is finding new bands to listen to."

AlbieMedia's Song of the Day (SotD) is our choice of a single or album track that we think you need to hear. This time Susan Omand wants to introduce you to a new band...


https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/10/sotd-matt-palmer-band.html


Sunday 20th October

On The DreamCage

"While it is modern, this movie establishes and epitomizes the atmosphere of a gothic horror novel."

Day 20 of David Ames' Hallow-vent Calendar is I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House...


https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/10/hallow-vent-day-20-i-am-pretty-thing.html

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@DanielWBmouth

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