Roger Crow

Features Writer and Editor at PA Media

Features Writer at Freelance

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An Evening with Sir Derek Jacobi – Review – City Varieties, Leeds - On: Yorkshire Magazine

3 weeks ago | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow |Derek Jacobi

By Roger Crow, May 2025“Was there a point when Hollywood came calling, and if so, did you turn down some big roles?” I ask one of the greatest thesps of the past 60-odd years. “Er, no,” says Derek Jacobi, remarkably. He goes on to explain in detail how he didn’t have the looks or whatever quality for those star roles, though at one point, trivia fans, he’d co-starred in Dead Again, a fabulous 1991 movie which knocked Terminator 2 off the top of the US charts.
Jason Goes to Hell (1993) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

2 months ago | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Adam MarcusCast: Erin Gray, Kane Hodder, Steven WilliamsCertificate:By Roger CrowI’m not sure we needed another Friday the 13th movie by the time Jason Goes to Hell cropped up in video stores, but commerce suggested otherwise. This is the Final Friday, as the subtitle suggests, but of course it was nothing of the sort. The Ts and Cs for any stalk and slash movie involves T and A early on. Topless and asinine gags involving well-worn mirror tricks.
Jason X (2001) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Mar 22, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Jim IsaacCast: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa RyderCertificate: 15By Roger CrowThere’s something that happens to franchises once they reach the ninth or tenth movie. Writers, desperate to push things to the max, decide to launch their heroes, or anti-heroes, into orbit. It happened with The Fast and the Furious saga in film nine, and in 2021, Jason Vorhees also found himself lost in space.
Trancers (1984) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Mar 20, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Charles BandCast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Richard HerdCertificate: 15By Roger CrowTime-jumping, scar-faced bounty hunter Jack Deth zips back to 1984 to stop a criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures. That’s the premise behind this schlock sci-fi fantasy, which has been brushed up for a new audience, and a lot of original fans like me. One of the selling points is the refreshingly honest yack track between writer/director Charles Band and star Tim Thomerson.
Venom: The Last Dance (2024) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Mar 18, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Kelly MarcelCast: Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Chiwetel EjioforCertificate: 15By Roger CrowTom Hardy’s final turn as Eddie Brock, the journalist consumed by a shape-shifting ET, should have been just another fun knockabout threequel, but it turned out to be far more than that. Written and directed by Brit Kelly Marcel, one of the brains behind the first two Venom movies, she barely got a mention in UK media when the movie repeatedly topped the US box office last year.
Project Silence (2023) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Mar 8, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Kim Tae-gonCast: Lee Sun-kyun, Ju Ji Hoon, Kim Hee-wonCertificate: 15By Roger CrowOne of the many things movies have taught us is that arrogant young men will get their comeuppance. So when one such speed racer puts his foot down in a car which looks like it escaped from a Fast and Furious movie, the scene is set for carnage reminiscent of Sylvester Stallone’s thriller Daylight. A fog-shrouded bridge near Incheon airport is the setting for a massive pile-up.
Deep Blue Sea (1999) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Feb 20, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Renny HarlinCast:Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L JacksonCertificate: 15By Roger CrowHard to believe that more than 26 years have gone by since director Renny Harlin gave us this mash-up of Jaws and Frankenstein. When I first saw it circa 2000, DVD was relatively new, and the glory of having a film with director and cast commentary as well as assorted making of features was intoxicating.
Into the Deep (2025) – Film Review. Shark thriller with familiar face.

Feb 19, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Christian SesmaCast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Jon Seda, Richard DreyfussCertificate 15By Roger CrowFifty years after Jaws scared the world silly, there’s been no let up in shark-centric thrillers, and this one not only features an anti-shark cage, like Steven Spielberg’s classic, but Richard Dreyfuss himself. Yes, the man who helped breathe life into one of the greatest thrillers of all time is now making every breath count in the twilight of his career.
Doctor Vampire (1990) – Film Review - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Feb 3, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

Director: Jamie LukCast: Bowie Lam, Ellen Chan, Sheila ChanCertificate: UnratedBy Roger CrowI love a good horror comedy, but most are neither scary or funny, so for every An American Werewolf in London or Shaun of the Dead, there are hundreds of pale imitators. Though Doctor Vampire will never live up to John Landis or Edgar Wright’s beloved offerings, this culture clash offering wins brownie points for being a little different.
Here You Come Again – Review – York Grand Opera House - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Jan 29, 2025 | on-magazine.co.uk | Roger Crow

By Roger Crow, Januay 2025Many of us had our own ways of getting through lockdown while isolating alone. One of mine was to watch all the James Bond movies, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. At no point did Sean Connery or Roger Moore appear while I was on the treadmill, but given the fact I rarely saw anyone in person for months, I wouldn’t have been surprised. In Here You Come Again, the protagonist is 40; living in his parents’ attic in Halifax, and accessing his room via a ladder.