Review by Keri O’Shea. Ah, 70s exploitation cinema, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…the unapologetic cramming of sex, horror and any combination of pop culture references always makes for a fun watch, even when much within the film’s plot is oddly lacking. I like to think of these movies as trashy […]
Review by Keri O’Shea. Sex. Cannibalism. Sex and cannibalism. You might be forgiven for thinking that it would be completely impossible to make a boring film which contained both of those themes, but somehow, it has been done twice in France! In 2001 Claire Denis made Trouble Every Day, where even the entrancing Béatrice Dalle […]
Review by Ben Bussey. Red White & Blue is the story of Erica (Amanda Fuller) and Nate (Noah Taylor), two neighbours in a crumbling apartment building, and Franki (Marc Senter), a guitarist in a struggling rock band. It takes place in Austin. Beyond that, I’m wary to mention anything of the plot. Simon Rumley’s film is a […]
Nia Edwards-Behi reviews the first film from Panic Button director Chris Crow, soon to premiere at Abertoir 2011. A hapless group, stranded in unfamiliar territory, hunted down by a relentless monster – human or otherwise – is a staple of our beloved genre. We’ve more or less seen it all before, as is the way […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife. 51 is another of the After Dark Originals produced by SyFy, and a particularly lacklustre effort at that, which for this sort of low budget made-for-television movie should give you an indication of just how dull this is. Directed by Jason Connery (son of Sean), 51 is an army vs. aliens […]
Keri O’Shea reviews Adam Mason’s to-date unreleased next film… These days, film and TV are all about ‘the journey’. Executives love it; in fact, they’ll demand that it’s crowbarred into almost anything, because that emotional process of self-discovery makes for good viewing. To know oneself is to love oneself. Or is it? Luster, directed by […]
Review by Aaron Williams. I’m sure that those of you reading this review have been led here by your taste for the cinematically weird and wonderful and maybe even a good old case of curiosity. When Bunraku first arrived at my doorstep I will admit I was pretty pessimistic. The cover screams ‘Sin City cash […]
Review by Keri O’Shea. I’m going to start this review with a confession. When Ben, the UK editor, asked me to cover the DVD release of The Dead for this site (Ben’s note: I had already reviewed it at FrightFest 2010, which you can read here), I made a glib joke about not wanting […]
Review By: Aaron Williams. So: do you like movies about gladiators? No, that’s not an Airplane reference but a reviewer asking you, the reader, why you’d be at all interested in such a blatant attempt to cash in on the sword and sandals phenomenon that arrived on the heels of the success of films like […]
Review by Ben Bussey. I don’t know if I can speak for everyone, but when I hear of a new Japanese DVD release my gut impulse is to expect some or all of the following: cheap DV photography, pretty girls in rubber performing martial arts, and ridiculously excessive gore. When the film in question is […]
DVD Review by Ben Bussey. Yes, I know, on reading this title many will have the same initial reaction I did: “What? That Schwarzenegger piss-take from The Simpsons? It was a real movie?” Well, yes and no. This is indeed a film called McBain, and features the title character firing innumerable bullets, blowing up an inordinate number […]