Shaun Munro reviews Netflix’s new live-action Resident Evil series… Despite being one of the most popular, iconic, and seemingly cinema-ready video game franchises there is, the track record of Resident Evil’s live-action adaptations to date is spotty-at-best, and that’s if we’re being really kind. Beyond Paul W.S. Anderson’s entertainingly campy 2002 movie, the Resident Evil […]
Movie Review – Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest (2021)
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, 2021. Written and directed by Mads Hedegaard. Starring Kim Cannon Arm. SYNOPSIS: With the help of his friends, a man attempts to be the first in the world to play 100 hours in a row on an arcade machine from the early ’80s. Why do people subject themselves to […]
The Umbrella Academy – Season 3 Review
Shaun Munro reviews The Umbrella Academy Season 3… Releasing mere weeks after Netflix’s decent-but-overstuffed fourth volume of Stranger Things, the third season of the streamer’s hit superhero series The Umbrella Academy feels comparatively svelte and breezy, with each of its 10 fast-moving episodes mercifully clocking in at far less than an hour in length. While […]
Movie Review – Playground (2021)
Playground, 2021. Written and directed by Laura Wandel. Starring Maya Vanderbeque and Günter Duret. SYNOPSIS: When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds. The […]
Movie Review – Faya Dayi (2021)
Faya Dayi, 2021. Written and directed by Jessica Beshir. SYNOPSIS: A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. Jessica Beshir’s feature documentary debut certainly isn’t the liveliest sit to be sought […]
Video Game Review – The Quarry
Shaun Munro reviews The Quarry… If Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn confirmed the market thirst for horror-themed interactive video games, the developer’s efforts since has largely failed to capitalise on that promise. The three Dark Pictures Anthology titles released to date have ranged from bad to acceptable, with their more self-serious tone and bite-sized format feeling […]
Movie Review – You Should Have Left (2020)
You Should Have Left, 2020. Written and Directed by David Koepp. Starring Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex, Geoff Bell, and Lowri-Ann Richards. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged man, his successful actress wife, and their young daughter book a haunted vacation home in Wales that begins to wear down their sanity. Despite being one of the most […]
Ranking the Predator Franchise From Worst to Best
Shaun Munro ranks the Predator franchise from worst to best… The Predator franchise has certainly endured its fair share of ups and downs over the last three decades. From the sequels and kinda-reboots that have attempted to take the series in ambitious new directions – with wildly varying results – to those shameless spin-off fans […]
Movie Review – DASHCAM (2021)
DASHCAM, 2021. Directed by Rob Savage. Starring Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, and Angela Enahoro. SYNOPSIS: DASHCAM follows two friends on a fucked-up horror road trip as they livestream the most terrifying night of their lives. In 2020, filmmaker Rob Savage became an overnight sensation with his out-of-nowhere shared screen horror film Host, which was conceived, […]
Stranger Things Season 4: Volume 1 Review
Shaun Munro reviews Stranger Things season 4 volume 1… The belated fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things – arriving almost three years after the third, in part due to extensive COVID-related production delays – is a messy, fascinating beast. It’s a testament to both the expansive, large-scope storytelling and creator self-indulgence made possible when those […]
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