Phase IV, 1974. Directed by Saul Bass. Starring Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, Robert Henderson, and Helen Horton. SYNOPSIS: After a cosmic event the ants of the Arizona desert begin to wage war on the life that inhabits the area. Given the state of things at the moment, as humanity faces the […]
Movie Review – The Night Clerk (2020)
The Night Clerk, 2020. Directed by Michael Cristofer. Starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, John Leguizamo, Helen Hunt, and Jonathon Schaech. SYNOPSIS: A socially awkward hotel clerk becomes the subject of suspicion, in a police investigation. Although The Night Clerk is a far cry from director Michael Cristofer’s previous sexually charged erotic-thriller Original Sin, the […]
Godfather of Gore: Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci
Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci… Highly regarded the world over by obsessive cult film fans as an often tyrannical filmmaker, as well as the godfather of Italian gore films, Lucio Fulci’s films still hit a nerve with viewers old and new. His nightmarish visuals and dreamlike narrative style still feels […]
Book Review – The Furies by Katie Lowe
Michelle Herbert reviews The Furies by Katie Lowe… The Furies is a book about being a teenage girl, about wanting to fit in and how far you are willing to go for people you think are your friends, but also the rage you feel at how powerless you are to affect the world around you. […]
Pandemics in Cinema: Ten Great Films Based on Disease Outbreaks
Hasitha Fernando on pandemics in film… The devastating effect of the recent outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be overstated. With the disease continuing to spread like wildfire, multiple countries have been brought to their knees, their economies in shambles and casualty numbers rising. Over the years Hollywood has put forth myriad films that deals with […]
Extreme Cinema – The Idiots (1998)
The Idiots, 1998. Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing and Nikolaj Lie Kass. Lars von Trier’s The Idiots (Idioterne, 1998) features the potentially offensive story of a group of middle class people who pretend to be handicapped as they are unhappy with society. The film begins with Karen […]
Extreme Cinema – The Bunny Game (2010)
The Bunny Game, 2010. Directed by Adam Rehmeier. Starring Rodleen Getsic, Jeff F. Renfro and Gregg Gilmore. SYNOPSIS: A prostitute accepts a ride from the wrong man and finds herself trapped and tortured. It would appear that the horror genre is willingly sinking deeper and deeper into depravity in an attempt to shock, disgust and […]
Extreme Cinema – Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, 1975. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto P. Quintavalle and Aldo Valletti. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final film Salò (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, 1975) is based on the Marquis de Sade’s novel 120 Days of Sodom. Instead of France, the story […]
Extreme Cinema – Irreversible
Irreversible, 2002. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel. Irreversible (2002) features strong language, sex, violence and sexual violence in its tale of a woman raped in a subway and whose boyfriend and ex-lover seek a bloody revenge on her attacker. When shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the graphic […]
The Top Ten Film Scores Based On DC Comics Properties
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten film scores based on DC Comics properties… When it comes to big screen adaptations, DC Comics were way ahead of the curve than their Marvel counterparts. Of course, that’s not to say that films based on DC Comic properties have been consistent throughout, but as evidenced by Christopher Nolan’s […]
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