New Order, 2020. Directed by Michel Franco. Starring Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Diego Boneta, and Monica Del Carmen. SYNOPSIS: A wedding between two wealthy, high society individuals is interrupted by rioting and criminal activity. Violence on screen is not a novel concept. Indeed, the violence we see in films often reflects that which exists in the […]
Movie Review – The Human Voice (2020)
The Human Voice, 2020. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A woman waits for a phonecall from her ex-lover of 5 years, after he has recently left her. In 1930, Jean Cocteau’s monologue The Human Voice premiered at the Comedie-Francaise. The piece at that time would have seemed dazzlingly experimental – an audience […]
Exclusive Interview – Jamie Bernadette on I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu
Actress Jamie Bernadette (NCIS: New Orleans, 4/20 Massacre) talks about her tough but outstanding performance in the new I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, the direct sequel to the controversial and previously banned 1978 film which reunites original actress Camille Keaton and director Meir Zarchi. Set 40 years after the first film, rape survivor […]
Blu-ray Review – 976-EVIL (1988)
976-EVIL, 1988. Directed by Robert Englund. Starring Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O’Bryan, Jim Metzler, J.J. Cohen, Robert Picardo, and Lezlie Dean. SYNOPSIS: A bullied teenager finds the Devil’s phone number and gets some help in sorting out his problems. It’s that time of year again when Eureka Entertainment delve deep into the vault of 1980s cult […]
The Battle for Vampire Superiority: The Lost Boys vs. Near Dark
Tom Jolliffe presides over a showdown between the cult 1987 vampire flicks The Lost Boys and Near Dark… The vampire has sucked his merry way through cinema history, from the silent era, to the R-Patz era. We’ve seen many incarnations, many genres, from Christopher Lee to angsty teens, from horror to camp comedy. Perhaps the […]
Blu-ray Review – The Deeper You Dig (2019)
The Deeper You Dig, 2019. Directed by John Adams & Toby Poser. Starring John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, Shawn Wilson, and Joan Poser. SYNOPSIS: The line between the living and the dead becomes blurred after an accident takes the life of a teenage girl. It is time once again to open the vault marked […]
Movie Review – Becky (2020)
Becky, 2020. Directed by Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion. Starring Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel, Isaiah Rockcliffe, Robert Maillet. SYNOPSIS: A troubled teenager turns the tables on a gang of criminals who break into her home. Becky (Lulu Wilson – Annabelle: Creation) is a 13-year-old girl with a few personal issues going […]
The Brandon Lee Retrospective Triple Bill: Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow
Tom Jolliffe takes in a Brandon Lee triple bill of Showdown in Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire and The Crow… The Lee legacy on cinema is no small matter. Bruce Lee of course remains more iconic and more influential, having changed the face of martial arts on screen. That should not take away the fact that […]
Se7en: Looking back at David Fincher’s masterpiece 25 years on
Hasitha Fernando revisits David Fincher’s Se7en on its 25th anniversary… 25 years back a creative team consisting of an unproven director and a novice screenwriter churned out what would become one of modern cinema’s greatest genre classics, with 1995’s Se7en. The 90’s was a decade saturated with serial-killer whodunits, a trend which was jump-started with […]
Blu-ray Review – Uncle Buck (1989)
Uncle Buck, 1989. Directed by John Hughes. Starring John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Amy Madigan, Laurie Metcalf, and Gaby Hoffman. SYNOPSIS: John Candy goes round to Macaulay Culkin’s house and mayhem ensues. There’s something to be said for John Hughes movies from the 1980s, especially if you were of an age to see […]
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