Tag: film review
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The Substance – Film Review Friday
I’ve set the equipment along my bathroom sink. Firstly, the activator, a green vial to be injected in the arm, secondly, the food packs, one set for me and the other for him, and lastly the switch, for when I just want to sleep for a week. I slowly fill the needle and inject myself.…
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The Night Of The Hunter – Film Review Fridays
The Night of the Hunter (1955) dir. Charles Laughton “Ah, little lad, you’re staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?” Charles Laughton’s 1955 expressionistic masterpiece has, since its initial release, defied the typical categorisation attributed to films from critics and…
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Shame – Film Review Friday
We all want to be wanted, we all want to be desired, to be someone else’s drug. It’d be nice to be sexually revered. We hear differing opinions like “sex is poison” and “sex is power” or “sex is life”. That little endorphin kick as you and your partner become one in a single ever-lasting…
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The Dark Knight Returns – Film Review Friday
If you were to ask someone what their favorite Batman film is, chances are the answer would be from the Christopher Nolan trilogy. You may have the odd fellow out who enjoys the campiness of ‘Batman and Robin’ (such as myself), or the ridiculousness of ‘Forever’ with Jim Carrey’s over-the-top performance as the Riddler (also…
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The Killing Of A Sacred Deer – Film Review Friday
Have you ever gotten the feeling that something is a little off, something’s not quite right but you can’t place your finger on it? You’re looking around waiting for Rod Serling to deliver a chilling monologue as you hear that hypnotising, sharp tune ring against your eardrums, but he’s not there. There’s nothing to relieve…
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The Killing – Film Review Friday
The Killing (1956) dir. Stanley Kubrick “You know, I’ve often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They are admired and hero-worshipped, but there is always present underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory.” The heist movie is one of those…
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Stranger Than Fiction – Film Review Fridays
“‘Stranger Than Fiction’ is a surrealist dramedy starring Will Ferrell”, Mason wrote. As the keys on his laptop clicked with every letter forming longer and longer sentences, his mind wandered to scenes from the film, in particular, the emotional finale where the main character finds himself closer to death than ever. What Mason did not…
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Flash Gordon and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Double Feature Review
Space. The far reaches of the universe. What lies beyond our galaxy? Is there anyone out there? Who sent out the alien signal in 1977? Mason Horsley is off to investigate the sudden disappearance of famed football legend Flash Gordon and crazed lunatic Hans Zarkov. Daniel Fagan has already left for America to interview Roy…
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The Apartment – Film Review Fridays
The Apartment (1960) dir. Billy Wilder “Ya know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe; I mean, shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one day I saw a footprint in the sand, and there you were.” You will never have an experience like watching Billy Wilder’s 1960 masterpiece The Apartment for the first time.…