by Ren Zelen Sixteen-year-old Midwesterner John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) has issues. He is avoided by his classmates and treated warily by most adults because he is unashamedly obsessed with serial killers, murder, and death. His fascination is fed by the regrettable fact that his loving but overworked single mom, April (Laura Fraser) owns an understaffed funeral home, and at busy times he is allowed … Continue reading I Am Not A Serial Killer – Review
A lot of people are unconcerned and downright patronising about hype. In its essence, hype is excitement and passion. It’s teaser trailers about baby Groot. It’s posters of stormtroopers. It’s cutting the trailer for La La Land in to snortable piles and going all Scarface on that bad boy. Hype is pure and it keeps us on the brink of hope that a masterpiece movie … Continue reading Suicide Squad – DVD & Blu-Ray Review
Alas Pixar devotees, Sully is not a surely long-awaited spinoff to Monsters, Inc. In fact, this is Clint Eastwood’s attempt at documenting an unprecedented event, now dubbed the “miracle on the Hudson” by a savvy marketing team at Warner Bros. Pictures. The film’s full title may seem a little weak, but the fact remains that this was a miracle. Based upon the autobiography Highest Duty: … Continue reading Sully – Review
When David Lynch burst into prominence with Eraserhead in 1977, he came in a burst of cult flames. Weird, quirky, unashamed and without inhibitions, David Lynch took the boundaries of cinema and broke them into a million little pieces. Specialising in the strange and unusual, Lynch is a God when it’s comes to cult cinema. But what really made him and is by far one … Continue reading Looking Back…Blue Velvet (1986)
Boxing has inspired some truly incredible films over the years. From biographies of real fighters such as Ali and Raging Bull to fictional drama’s such as Rocky and Million Dollar Baby, the fascination with fighters and the physical and mental obstacles they face makes for great narratives. The latest addition to the large selection of fighter biopics comes in the form of Bleed for This which … Continue reading Bleed For This – Review
Pixar sequels are a very mixed bag; you get your masterpieces like Toy Story 2 and 3, then you get your middle of the road entertainment like Monsters University, and then you get toy commercials like Cars 2. It’s very hard to predict which way a Pixar sequel will go, and that was definitely the way I looked at Finding Dory when it was first … Continue reading Finding Dory – DVD & Blu-Ray Review
