Hunting Grounds, 2015. Directed by John Portanova. Starring Bill Oberst Jr., Jason Vail, and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte. SYNOPSIS: Four hunters soon find themselves lost in the American wilderness, stumbling across a squad of bloodthirsty Sasquatch who won’t let them leave without a fight. Bafflingly retitled from the far superior (and much more sensical) Valley of the […]
The 5 Weirdest Monster Movies Ever
Ben Robins on the five weirdest monster movies ever… With the Godzilla/King Kong universe getting a sudden resurgence, and Cloverfield taking things into franchise territory at long last, the monster movie is suddenly in something of an unexpected heyday as far as Hollywood is concerned. Whether they’re human size or intergalactically huge, monsters of all […]
Guardians of the Galaxy and Its Exploitation Influences
Ben Robins on Guardians of the Galaxy and its exploitation influences… Exploitation is a bit of a nasty word no matter the context, and in the movie world, it usually means something cheap and in many cases, derivative. It’s never properly been defined, and doing so here without page after page of background would prove […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Brea Grant, Carlos Bermudez, and Kesha. SYNOPSIS: A man killed in a sudden accident, returns to his family home as a white-sheeted ghost, and watches as his mourning wife’s life changes without him. A Ghost Story is very much a film of […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, and Bo Burnham. SYNOPSIS: A couple struggling through cultural differences in their relationship hit an even bigger obstacle when one of them is suddenly hospitalised for a prolonged period of time. A failing Asian performer, a romance jilted by […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 7 – ‘Sing Me a Song’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the seventh episode of The Walking Dead’s season 7… In a nice change of pace for the show, the penultimate episode before this year’s mid-season break was a jam-packed jumbo-sized version of one of the most memorable comic-book entries, featuring a whole bunch of different and varied […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 6 – ‘Swear’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the sixth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Just when you thought it was safe to head back into the zombie apocalypse, with some genuinely significant ground covered last week, the showrunners have flopped back into their usual world-building ways. This week’s Walking Dead offering took […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 5 – ‘Go Getters’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the fifth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Everybody say it with me now: at last, some action! The Walking Dead’s latest season finally, finally, finally took things into an exciting direction with this week’s episode, ditching character introductions and long, vague, massively drawn-out torture scenes […]
The Five Best Moments From The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 3 – ‘The Cell’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the third episode of The Walking Dead season 7… Negan fans rejoice, for the barbed-wire lovin’ bandito finally returned to our screens this week, and certainly with a vengeance. Although once again, it wasn’t really his show. ‘The Cell’ kindly gave us the first Daryl-centric episode in a […]
The Five Best Moments from The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 4 – ‘Service’
Ben Robins with the five best moments from the fourth episode of The Walking Dead season 7… With the now royally infamous season 7 reaching its mid-way point before the Christmas break, it feels like it’s finally time for The Walking Dead crew to actually pick up the pace a tad. They’ve been dragging their […]
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