REVIEWS

Nov 104 min read

The Local Stigmatic (1990) Review

In the world of movies, the term “passion project” generally comes with negative connotations. More disparagingly known as “vanity...

Nov 73 min read

Heretic (2024) Review

Founded in 2012, production and distribution company A24 has become synonymous with quality. Generally, if a film or TV show bares the...

Oct 294 min read

The Substance (2024) Review

In 2017, Coralie Fargeat’s directorial debut ‘Revenge’ was released. A subversive tale of vengeance, like ‘Kill Bill’ mixed with ‘Wolf...

Oct 213 min read

Venom (1981) Review

In 1981, Oliver Reed was in a tough situation. His days of drinking to excess and playing games with his mates from the pub had taken a...

Oct 193 min read

Terrifier 3 (2024) Review

For gorehounds, Damien Leone’s 2016 offering ‘Terrifier’ was a bloody good time. A violent splatter-fest that didn’t try to be anything...

Oct 173 min read

Smile 2 (2024) Review

Parker Finn’s feature debut ‘Smile’ was a tense horror that made commentary about the devastating effects of trauma. Featuring striking...

Oct 144 min read

Star 80 (1983) Review

Dorothy Stratten was on the road to superstardom. In 1979, the Vancouver-born model was made Playboy's Miss August, as well as appearing...

Oct 105 min read

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Review

In 2019, Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ took the world by storm. A moody origin story for the infamous Batman villain- as well as a powerful...

Sep 154 min read

Death Sentence (2007) Review

In a 1975 interview with Wayne Warga, Charles Bronson stated that he felt miscast as vigilante Paul Kersey in Michael Winner’s ‘Death...

Sep 103 min read

White Lightnin' (2009) Review

Werner Herzog is a believer in what he calls ‘ecstatic truth’, meaning one can fictionalise aspects of reality, in order to reach a...

Aug 224 min read

Alien: Romulus (2024) Review

In 2013, the first feature film by director Fede Alvarez was released: ‘Evil Dead,’ a reboot of the gloriously gory Sam Raimi series....

Aug 194 min read

Mandy (2018) Review

Nicolas Cage seems drawn to the surreal. From David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ to Sion Sono’s ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland,’ he has appeared...

Aug 153 min read

Trap (2024) Review

Even his most vociferous critics concede that M. Night Shyamalan has made some interesting, entertaining films. ‘The Sixth Sense’ and...

Aug 73 min read

She Devils Of The SS (1973) Review

For better or worse, films in the Nazi exploitation genre aren’t really made anymore. Also known as ‘nazisploitation’, these movies- made...

Aug 53 min read

Sympathy For The Devil (2023) Review

For some, the promise of Nicolas Cage playing a psychopathic, red-haired Bostonian is simply irresistible. The actor has delivered many...

Jul 304 min read

Kubi (2023) Review

In 2019, Takeshi Kitano released ‘Kubi,’ a Samurai novel, retelling the events of the 1582 Honnō-ji incident, in which the powerful...

Jul 293 min read

Looking Glass (2018) Review

There are few actors who alternate between commercial and personal projects- that “one for me, one for them” concept- more than Nicolas...

Jul 264 min read

Longlegs (2024) Review

It is hard to think of a better promotion strategy than that utilised by production company Neon for Osgood Perkins’ ‘Longlegs.’ Their...

Jul 84 min read

MaXXXine (2024) Review

With 2022’s ‘X’ and ‘Pearl,’ Ti West created two extremely entertaining, wickedly clever horror comedies, honouring two specific types of...

Jul 34 min read

Kinds Of Kindness (2024) Review

Over the last twenty years, Yorgos Lanthimos has cultivated an approach to filmmaking all his own. Like David Lynch, he has developed a...

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