FrightFest Day Two – Next Exit, The Harbinger, Short Film Showcase One, Night Sky and Final Cut
After a short first day to get us all warmed up, Day Two of Arrow Video Frightfest was upon us and featured a good thirteen-or-so lucky...
Read MoreReview: Hellbender – “a terrific slice of American folk-horror”
Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Starring Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden Prefaced by a...
Read MoreFrightFest Day One – The Lair, The Visitor from the Future and Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge
It doesn’t seem like a blood-drenched minute since we were last at Frightfest. But like Christmas for gorehounds, August Bank...
Read MoreBond Blog: Casino Royale – A James Bond Retrospective
With the new James Bond film in 2006, it was necessary for the franchise not just to recast Bond but to some extent to reinvent him....
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: The Black Phone, Dirty Dancing, Vivo, American Carnage, Dog Soldiers, Jurassic World: Dominion, Ferngully and more
Okay, admittedly I was off for a couple of weeks while I was on vacation, but the last two weeks of August are absolutely jam-packed with...
Read MoreReview: Beast – “Fun, entertaining, re-watchable, occasionally silly”
Idris Elba is a star. He’s a fantastic actor, he’s so ludicrously handsome that he could un-curdle milk from 200 paces, and he’s so...
Read MoreBond Blog: Die Another Day – A James Bond Retrospective
One aspect of Pierce Brosnan’s tenure as James Bond is the variety behind the camera. Each of his four films had a different...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: Saloum – “Very cool, slick, stylish African flick”
Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot Starring Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Bruno Henry The programmer introducing...
Read MoreEIFF 2022 Review: Le Chêne / Heart of Oak – “A reminder of the sheer majesty of our natural world”
Directed by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux A huge hit in France (the programmer introducing it at the 75th Edinburgh International...
Read MoreReview: The Immaculate Room – “Examines the human condition”
The Immaculate Room sees couple Katherine (Kate Bosworth) and Michael (Emile Hirsch) excitedly walk into a stark white space. It’s a...
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