The Burning (El Ardor), 2014. Directed by Pablo Fendrik. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Diaz, Claudio Tolcachir, Jorge Sesan, Ivan Steinhardt, Julian Tello and Lautaro Vilo. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious man emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer after mercenaries murder her father and take over his […]
Hannibal Season 3 – Episode 10 Review
Ricky Church reviews the tenth episode of Hannibal season 3… ‘And The Woman Clothed In The Sun’ was another great addition to Hannibal‘s final season and the continuing hunt for the Tooth Fairy. It stayed true to the original story in Red Dragon yet also found room to be inventive and take liberties with the source […]
Blu-ray Review – Blame It on Rio (1984)
Blame It on Rio, 1984. Directed by Stanley Donen. Starring Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper and José Lewgoy. SYNOPSIS: A married middle-aged man begins an affair with his best friend’s teenage daughter whilst on holiday in Rio. Michael Caine is an unusual choice for a romantic lead but Blame It […]
Movie Review – The Runner (2015)
The Runner, 2015. Written and Directed Austin Stark. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Wendell Pierce and Bryan Batt. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Whether they […]
DVD Review – The Saboteurs
Villordsutch reviews The Saboteurs… If you’ve hit a certain point in your life you probably linger around the History Channel or Yesterday too often, watching far too many documentaries regarding the atrocities, heroics and catastrophic mistakes created during the Second World War. You probably then either a) find a peer group to discuss these battles […]
Movie Review – Dark Places (2015)
Dark Places, 2015. Written and Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Tye Sheridan, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll and Sterling Jerins. SYNOPSIS: Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers […]
Blu-ray Review – Horror Hospital (1973)
Horror Hospital, 1973. Directed by Anthony Balch. Starring Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock, Dennis Price, Skip Martin amd Kurt Christian. SYNOPSIS: A rock musician becomes the victim of a mad doctor who is looking for subjects to practise his mind control surgery on. As British as fish n’ chips and cups of […]
Second Opinion – Fantastic Four (2015)
Fantastic Four, 2015. Directed by Josh Trank. Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and […]
Second Opinion – The Gift (2015)
The Gift, 2015. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denham, Busy Philipps, Alison Tolman, Katie Aselton, Beau Knapp and Wendell Pierce. SYNOPSIS: A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret […]
BoJack Horseman Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Hank After Dark’
Jackson Ball reviews the seventh episode of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman season 2… In this latest episode, mass outrage and controversy follows BoJack (Will Arnett) around his national book tour. Unbelievably though, it’s nothing to do with him! The trouble this time around instead emanates from Diane (Alison Brie), and her ever-vocal opinions. Spoiler Ahead – […]
