After the success of his critically acclaimed horror, It Follows, David Robert Mitchell takes risks with his highly anticipated follow-up. Under the Silver Lake is an ambitious and unique neo-noir that is full of twists and turns. The story begins with Sam (Andrew Garfield), a lazy and unemployed young man with nothing better to do than masturbate, spy on…
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Film Review: Tomb Raider (2018)
How does the 2018 film compare to the 2013 game? Mild story spoilers for Tomb Raider (2018). I wasn’t overly enthused when Alicia Vikander was first announced as the new Lara Croft. I believed her to be an incredible actress – especially having seen her in Ex Machina – but she didn’t seem like the right…
Film Review: La La Land (2016)
This review is spoiler heavy. I’m not a big fan of musicals and I never have been. It takes a really impressive one for me to like it. For example, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) has always been a favourite of mine. And honestly, I also really like Singin’ in the Rain (1952), which I saw for the…
Film Review: Shrew’s Nest (2014)
While browsing on Shudder, I came across Shrew’s Nest (2014); a Spanish horror and thriller set sometime in the 1950s. It revolves around Montse (Macarena Gómez), a highly religious and agoraphobic woman who spent her youth raising her younger sister, who is simply referred to as “the girl” (Nadia de Santiago), as their mother died during her birth…
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Review
This post contains spoilers for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. I had never watched Gilmore Girls until this year where I watched all 7 seasons, almost at once. I didn’t know it existed whilst growing up and only heard about it a few years ago. During my binge watching, I was so excited when I…
Film Review: Trash Fire (2016)
“You know how some old people are asked to stop driving? It’s not that most of them are incapable, it’s just not particularly safe for them to be on the road. I mean that just about sums up how I feel about you as a psychiatrist.“ Trash Fire, the hugely anticipated third feature length film…
Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival 2016
Last month, I had the pleasure of volunteering at Sheffield’s horror film festival Celluloid Screams. The festival takes place the weekend before Halloween every year. It shows a selection of feature length films, some of them UK premieres, as well as short films which are screened before the features. Not to mention, they have a…
Film Review: Suicide Squad (2016)
Needs editing but I’ve not had time yet (so might be mistakes, interrupted flow, etc). “We’re bad guys, it’s what we do” Harley Quinn reminds Army special forces officer Rick Flag after she smashed a shop window to steal a purse. In the long awaited and highly anticipated Suicide Squad, written and directed by David…
Film Review: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)
The most striking part of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) is its fresh and innovative animation style which parts from the boldness we are so used to seeing in Studio Ghibli’s more refined films. Director Isao Takahata, who has worked on other Ghibli films (Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko and My Neighbours…
Film Review: Ava’s Possessions
“Demons are a girl’s best friend.” Jordan Galland brings a fresh taste to the demonic possession subgenre of horror in Ava’s Possessions as he begins his film where most of the others end: the exorcism. After she is freed from her demon, Ava (Louise Krause) is facing charges for property damage, assault, indecent exposure and two counts…