Shepherd, 2021. Directed by Russell Owen. Starring Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss, Greta Scacchi, and Jamie Marie Leary. SYNOPSIS: Following the sudden demise of her adulterous wife, a troubled young man takes up a job as a shepherd in an isolated, weather-beaten island which has an ominous secret of its own. This atmospheric chiller […]
Revisiting Hot Fuzz – Fifteen Years Later
Hasitha Fernando revisits Hot Fuzz fifteen years on from its release… 2004’s Shaun of the Dead introduced the film world to a new rising talent – Edgar Wright. Hailing from Dorset, England, Wright can best be described as a geek, with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of all things movie related. The talented auteur initially made […]
Revisiting The Cabin in the Woods: 10 Years Later
Hasitha Fernando revisits The Cabin in the Woods ten years on from its release… The Cabin in the Woods celebrates the 10th anniversary of its release this month. Yep, you’ve read that correctly. It’s been a decade since one of Hollywood’s most imaginative meta-horror flicks hit theaters, back in April 13th 2012. Originally slated to […]
Movie Review – Minamata (2020)
Minamata, 2020. Directed by Andrew Levitas. Starring Johnny Depp, Minami, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bill Nighy, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Akiko Iwase, and Katherine Jenkins. SYNOPSIS: Veteran photojournalist W. Eugene Smith embarks on a life altering journey to Japan, to document the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in the Minamata coastal community… Johnny Depp is […]
Movie Review – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2021. Directed by Will Sharpe. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney, Aimee Lou Wood, Hayley Squires, Stacy Martin, and Taika Waititi. SYNOPSIS: The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wayne, and the legacy he created. Ever since his brilliant turn as British […]
Movie Review – A Writer’s Odyssey (2021)
A Writer’s Odyssey, 2021. Directed by Lu Yang. Starring Lei Jiaying, Yang Mi, Dong Zijian, Yu Hewei, and Jingfei. SYNOPSIS: The narrative unfolding in a fantasy novel series starts affecting reality in unusual ways. A Writer’s Odyssey is a mishmash of a multitude of films. Whilst for the most part functioning as an effective throwback […]
The Best Film Scores of 2021
Hasitha Fernando on the best film scores of 2021… The COVID-19 pandemic cast a bleak spell during 2021, holding us all in its merciless vice-like grip. Thankfully though there were enough and more entertainment available to offer us with some degree of escapism. And accompanying these fantastic films were some top-notch scores, which transformed these […]
Movie Review – Scream (2022)
Scream, 2022. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minette, Mason Gooding, Marley Shelton, and Jasmin Savoy Brown. SYNOPSIS: Sydney Prescott returns to Woodsboro after twenty-five years, to uncover the truth, when a new Ghostface emerges. In the year […]
Movie Review – The King’s Man (2021)
The King’s Man, 2021. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Harris Dickinson, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Daniel Bruhl, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: During the early years of the 20th Century, the Kingsman agency is formed as a means of fighting a powerful aggressor and his cabal, hell-bent on pitting nations […]
Movie Review – Nightmare Alley (2021)
Nightmare Alley, 2021. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Mark Povinelli, Jim Beaver, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Drew Nelson, Troy James, Dian Bachar, Linden Porco, and Tim Blake Nelson. […]
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