Chasing Robert Barker, 2015. Directed by Daniel Florencio. Starring Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Patrick Baladi, Celyn Jones, Patrick Regis, Hilda Péter and Elizabeth Boag. SYNOPSIS: A photographer turned paparazzi is caught in the downward spiral of a fabricated tabloid story. Ahead of its premiere at the East End Film Festival this month, Kickstarter-funded Chasing Robert Barker has […]
Movie Review – Remainder (2015)
Remainder, 2015. Directed by Omer Fast. Starring Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers, Arsher Ali, Shaun Prendergast and Laurence Spellman. SYNOPSIS: A London man attempts to reconstruct his memory after being struck by a falling object. Memory. 1. The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. 2. Something remembered from the past. 3. A […]
Comic Book Review – The Autumnlands #11
Zeb Larson reviews The Autumnlands #11… Who are the Galateans? And why are they a threat to the Autumnlands? This issue of The Autumnlands deals with the monster from last issue and also introduces a heretofore unseen group: the Galateans. Regarding the Galateans, the rug is pulled out from under our feet a few times […]
DVD Review – Our Little Sister (2015)
Our Little Sister, 2015. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzo Hirose, Ryô Kase and Ryôhei Suzuki. SYNOPSIS: Three sisters experience a new chapter in their lives when they discover they have a younger half sister and invite her into their home. An intimate and warm story of sisterhood and familial ties, […]
Blu-ray Review – That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
That Cold Day in the Park, 1969. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns and Lauana Anders. SYNOPSIS: A lonely middle-aged woman sees a homeless young man sitting in the park opposite her apartment, and in a moment of pity invites him in. Many would consider the late Robert Altman’s first recognised masterpiece to […]
Movie Review – Cemetery of Splendor (2016)
Cemetery of Splendor, 2016. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Starring Banlop Lomnoi, Jenjira Pongpas, Jarinpattra Rueangram and Sakda Kaewbuadee. SYNOPSIS: A group of soldiers in a small town on the Mekong River in northern Thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness. Apichatpong Weerasethakul has brought Thai art cinema to the forefront in the past two decades through […]
Movie Review – Lilith’s Awakening (2016)
Lilith’s Awakening, 2016. Directed by Monica Demes. Starring Steven Kennevan, Sam Garles, Sophia Woodward, Barbara Eugenia, Matthew Lloyd Wilcox. SYNOPSIS: A sexually repressed service station employee is bored of her marriage and seeks to embrace her dark side. Lucy (Sophia Woodward) finds marital life with husband Jonathon (Sam Garles) to be unfulfilling and monotonous. Jonathon’s […]
Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Episode 1 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the first episode of Orange Is the New Black season 4… Everyone’s favourite criminals are back in the highly anticipated fourth installment of Netflix’s most popular original series from Jenji Kohan. With plenty of plot threads in need of tying up after season 3’s cliffhanger ending, season 4 begins, unlike any of the […]
Comic Book Review – Beast Wagon #4
Kieran Fisher reviews Beast Wagon #4… Chapter Four – Gluttire. Capacities are reached. Captivities are breached. The penultimate issue of the critically acclaimed British Comic Award nominated series by Owen Michael Johnson & John Pearson, with letters by Colin Bell Beast Wagon is easily the strangest comic book series of the year so far. It’s also […]
Movie Review – Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)
Barbershop: The Next Cut (a.k.a. Barbershop: A Fresh Cut) (2016) Directed by Malcolm D. Lee Starring Ice Cube, Robert Teitel, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Anthony Anderson, Jazsmin Lewis-Kelley, Common, Nicki Minaj, Margot Bingham, Lamorne Morris, Deon Cole, Reggie Brown, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Tyga, J.B. Smoove, Deon Cole SYNOPSIS Employees at the barbershop […]
