The Last Post is a very moving short film by Axelle Carolyn. It stars the legendary Jean Marsh as an old lady in a retirement home who is visited by a stranger no one else seems able to see. It is very effective in showing the quiet loneliness of the elderly who have to live in a retirement home. The sense of strangeness slowly sleeps through as the short film...

The Halloween Kid is the story of Henry, a lonely boy who loves Halloween. It is a spooky and sweet homage to the holiday, as well as a tale of childhood, loneliness and monsters. Halloween is writer/director Axelle Carolyn’s favorite time of the year, and this film is her way to share with the world what it represents for her. If you too love...

A Reckoning (formerly known as Straw Man) is a great little Indie movie directed by A D Barker with fantastic cinematography & editing by Adam Krajczynski. It stars Leslie Simpson and Axelle Carolyn. The film tells the story of a lone man cast adrift in an empty, decaying world. To try and retain a grip on his splintering sanity, he creates a world of his...

Big news for both Live For Films and A Reckoning (previously called Straw Man). The film directed by A D Barker, filmed by Adam Krajczynski and starring Leslie Simpson and Axelle Carolyn has a new poster. On that poster are quotes from different people which include one from myself and another by Lynne aka MondoGhosto and Richard Bodsworth. This is the first...

Today (actually yesterday) I was fortunate to crack a press pass on behalf of the mighty Live For Films for the exclusive and very prestigious 16th Jameson Empire Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. The Jameson Empire Awards are fairly unique in that the nomination as well as winners are voted for entirely by film fans. So really they reflect what viewers...

Earlier this evening I was luckily enough to be granted Press Access to the prestigious Jameson Empire Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Our write ups, video interviews and pictures will be up soon. But this was too delicious to wait till tomorrow. The Jameson Empire Done in 60 Seconds filmmaking competition is held annually runs for February with...

By now if you are a film lover or a well heeled sophisticated urbanite you know about the Jameson Cult Film Club and their pop up cult film screenings in unique or unusual locations near you. With the demise of government backed initiatives like the UKFC corporate sponsorship of film is shaping up to be key in increasing awareness of good film. Nowhere can this...

You may remember my review of A Reckoning (formerly known as Straw Man). Directed by A.D. Barker it stars Leslie Simpson as possibly the last man on Earth and let me tell you Leslie does an acting tour de force in this film. Axelle Carolyn also stars as…well that would be telling. It is a great film that has many different interpretations unfortunately...

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Director: A.D. Barker Starring: Leslie Simpson, Axelle Carolyn I was recently lucky enough to watch an excellent little independent movie called A Reckoning. Directed by first time filmmaker A.D. Barker it was previously called Straw Man. It is a film full of sublime melancholy and follows the plight of one man played with great effect by Leslie Simpson (Dog...