Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of Star Wars: Andor…Andor’s ninth episode ranks among the seasons’ best to date, capturing the grim reality of life under Imperial rule and a real sense of despair pervading our characters’ fates and the desperation that forces them to act. Especially bleak are the sequences within the prison Cassian […]
Movie Review – The Wonder (2022)
The Wonder, 2022.Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Caolan Byrne, Brían F. O’Byrne, Josie Walker, and David Wilmot.SYNOPSIS:A tale of two strangers who transform each other’s lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.It’s practically […]
Movie Review – Living (2022)
Living, 2022.Directed by Oliver Hermanus. Starring Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, and Tom Burke.SYNOPSIS:An English-language adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru, set in London in the 1950s.It’s a testament to the tectonic power of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1952 existential drama Ikiru that, even seven full decades on, the prospect of a Hollywood […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Heavy Metal (1981)
Heavy Metal, 1981.Directed by Gerald Potterton. Featuring the voice talents of Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Eugene Levy, Alice Playten, Harold Ramis, Susan Roman, Richard Romanus, August Schellenberg, John Vernon, and Zal Yanovsky.SYNOPSIS:Cult classic animated movie Heavy Metal makes its 4K debut with a new retrospective […]
Movie Review – Something in the Dirt (2022)
Something in the Dirt, 2022.Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Starring Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.SYNOPSIS:When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realise documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they […]
Movie Review – Nocebo (2022)
Nocebo, 2022.Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Cathy Belton, and Billie Gadsdon.SYNOPSIS:A fashion designer is suffering from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband, until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer, who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.Early in Lorcan […]
Movie Review – Causeway (2022)
Causeway, 2022Directed by Lila Neugebauer. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell, Stephen McKinley Henderson Russell, Harvard Frederick Weller, Sean Carvajal, Will Pullen, and Neal Huff.SYNOPSIS:A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.Causeway is a touching story of friendship and […]
Tenebrae (1982) – October Horrors 2022
Tenebrae, 1982.Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Veronica Lario, John Steiner and Giuliano Gemma.SYNOPSIS:An American author visiting Rome, finds himself embroiled in the hunt for a serial killer who seems to be drawing inspiration from his latest novel.Happy Halloween Everyone!!! It’s October 31st (or November 1st if you read this […]
Blu-ray Review – Censor (2021)
Censor, 2021.Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Clare Holman, and Felicity Montagu.SYNOPSIS:A film censor tries to figure out what happened to her missing sister after watching the movies of a particular filmmaker as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur.The ‘Video Nasties’ era […]
Possessor (2020) – October Horrors 2022
Possessor, 2020.Directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean and Jennifer Jason Leigh.SYNOPSIS:An assassin who performs her job by possessing the bodies of others, finds herself struggling for control over the body of her current host.Identity. We know who we are, how our minds work and that we […]
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