The Companion, 2015. Directed by Pavel Giroud. Starring Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gomez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vila, Jorge Molina. SYNOPSIS As HIV swept the globe throughout the 1980s, Cuban officials sent patients to a military facility for supervision, allowing detainees out once a week in the presence of an official “companion” sent to accompany them. Former boxing […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Bigger Splash (2015)
A Bigger Splash, 2015 Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes SYNOPSIS: The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. From the lush opening moments of A Bigger Splash, acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino’s […]
Book Review – A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith
Michelle Herbert reviews A Quantum Mythology by Gavin Smith… This is the sequel to Gavin Smith’s The Age of Scorpio; if you haven’t yet read The Age of Scorpio [read our review here], my advice is to ignore this review, as there may be spoilers. Without reading that book, A Quantum Mythology will not make any […]
Movie Review – The Stranger (2014)
The Stranger, 2014. Written and directed by Guillermo Amoedo. Starring Cristobal Tapia Montt, Nicolás Durán, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy, Alessandra Guerzoni and Lorenza Izzo. SYNOPSIS: A drifter causes chaos for a young man and his mother when he arrives in their small town looking for an old flame, leaving a trail of blood in his […]
Countdown to Spectre – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… In 1967 audiences were introduced to their first James Bond that was not Sean Connery. In George Lazenby’s one and only Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 007 is hot on the trail of Blofeld and closing in […]
Comic Book Review – Paper Girls #1
Zeb Larson reviews Paper Girls #1… All right Paper Girls, you managed to hook me on the first issue. Set in 1988 in suburban Cleveland, it is about four paper girls who stumble upon a very weird mystery. This book has a lot going for it: strong, sassy female leads, a science-fiction premise which resists […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Brand: A Second Coming (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming, 2015 Directed by Ondi Timoner Starring Russell Brand SYNOPSIS: BRAND – A SECOND COMING follows comedian Russell Brand’s spiritual journey from addict and Hollywood star to self-proclaimed revolutionary and explores our relationship to the consumerism and individualism that drives our society and distracts us at a time when it’s vital for […]
Movie Review – By Our Selves (2015)
By Our Selves, 2015. Directed by Andrew Kötting. Starring Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Andrew Kötting. Synopsis: A surrealist film documenting the inner thoughts and wanderings of John Clare, both physically and mentally on his “Journey out of Essex”. A cinematic cognitive mapping of John Clare’s fractured and adopted identities; By Our Selves is an […]
Comic Book Review – Southern Bastards #11
Zeb Larson reviews Southern Bastards #11… Deep in the woods of Craw County lives a man who may be even more dangerous than Coach Boss. He hunts with a bow. Handles snakes. Hates football. And has just been given a special mission from God. Southern Bastards #11 focuses on a bastard we’ve only seem glimpses […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – Sleeping Giant (2015)
Sleeping Giant, 2015. Directed by Andrew Cividino Starring Jackson Martin, Reece Moffett, Nick Serino and David Disher. SYNOPSIS: Expanding upon his award winning short of the same name, Andrew Cividino’s story follows three teenage boys forced to while away their summer in a sleepy Canadian resort town. At first, cousins Riley (Reece Moffett) and Nate […]
