Greta Gerwig’s directional debut hit me like a tonne of bricks and whilst it’s a perfect telling of modern-day teenage experiences it does have its nags. Marion McPherson (Laurie Metcalfe), a nurse, works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after her husband loses his job. She also maintains a turbulent bond with a teenage daughter…
I certainly wasn’t lying when I said I went on a subscription box manhunt at MCM Comic Con this year. I picked up ZBOX, Geek Gear, My Geek Box and of course, my new favorite The Amazing Mystery Box. After reviewing the first box I was sent a few weeks ago I was blown away…
For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween is a documentary that brings together some of the brightest independent filmmakers and horror fans from around the world to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of John Carpenter’s seminal horror classic – Halloween. The documentary truly is a celebration of all things Halloween. From John Carpenter inventing the…
I’ve always been a fan of geek boxes. The thrill of unboxing something that could contain just about anything in the world is a great experience. Every time I walk on by the stalls at comic con it’s so difficult to restrain myself from picking up every mystery box on every stall. A good…
Marking the directorial debut of actor Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live) Killing Gunther sees a group of hapless assassins trying to kill the world’s deadliest hitman, Gunther, who manages to keep ahead of them every step of the way. Killing Gunther Review Taran Killam who wrote, directed and starred in the movie plays…
There is magical sense of purity to this film; innocence and wonder. Call Me By Your Name is that film that rarely gets made, and it’s a wonder that it does. Every word, every frame, every movement is delicately crafted that creates a film that is remarkably touching and special. Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer…
Generous of spirit, co-written with intelligence by original novelist Darryl Ponicsan and director Richard Linklater, who brings a wonderful sense of patience and compassion to the proceedings, last year’s tough-minded and heartfelt drama Last Flag Flying is a sad and reflective piece that’s bolstered by a trio of low-key terrific performances from Steve Carell, Laurence…
The Deer Hunter is a film of overwhelming magnitude and staggering directorial force. The first hour is magisterial, giving way to Hell, and then into rocky redemption. Director Michael Cimino was on another level here, while the screenplay (which was written by Deric Washburn from a story by Washburn, Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, and Quinn Redeker)…
I’m Not Scared is a chilling film. Told exclusively through a child’s point of view, this 2003 Italian effort from director Gabriele Salvatores (the Oscar winning Mediterraneo) centers on a 10 year old boy who discovers that the people in his town have committed an unspeakable crime, and how he slowly realizes that evil lurks…
Flay is a 2017 American supernatural horror film starring Violett Beane, Elle LaMont and A. Michael Baldwin. Returning home after the mysterious death of her mother, an estranged daughter and recovering addict, inadvertently unleashes a centuries-old curse by acquiring a mysterious and alluring black chain that empowers Flay, a faceless killer who drags his victims to the netherworld and returns…
Margot Robbie dazzles in I, Tonya; which with its unbalanced and overly injected pop song narrative plays like someone trying to make a David O. Russell film that’s trying to be like a Martin Scorsese film. Yet at the same time the inconsistent tone and obnoxious performances compliment the ridiculous true story of Tonya Harding…
After years and years it finally happened; the Justice League has been assembled. Zack Snyder, with minute help from Joss Whedon, has birth a new generation of heroes onto the screen bringing a new and original vision that is a fast paced, exhilarating, and a kick ass thrill ride. The film is lean with a…
Blade Runner 2049 is that film that comes once in a lifetime. It will lay the fertile groundwork for a bounty of young aspiring filmmakers and artists, and those that know not of what they will eventually create. The film forgoes the relentless tinkering of Ridley Scott from the original film and constructs itself in…
This movie is cold, hard, steely, lethal, terse, and most especially – REAL. This may well be the last, truly great car-chase movie, if for no other reason than the fact that almost every single bit of action was done on location, by real stunt men and women driving actual cars on actual city-streets and…
Fear, Inc is a blend of comedy and horror that revolves around the character of Joe Foster (Lucas Neff) a man obsessed with horror movies and always wants to be scared. Fed up of haunted houses and spooky locations Joe is met by a mystery man who hands him a card for a company called…
For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog’s life has a simple riff; Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux (Lewis Black; Inside Out, The Aristocrats) and his rabid pack. To avoid distractions, Mastiff leader Khampa (J.K Simmons; Whiplash, Spider-Man) forbids all music from the mountain. But when…
