The best horror movies of all time – from Get Out to Scream
What are the best horror movies of all time? Courting controversy is exhausting, but sometimes a question comes along that makes the debate and drama worthwhile, just like being asked to compile a list of what I believe to be the top ten best horror…
Superman Lives: The Nicolas Cage Superman movie explained
Believe it or not, the world very nearly saw a Nicolas Cage Superman movie many years ago, before the Superman Lives project was abandoned. The 1990s were a singular time, and one upon which we tend to reminisce with a fond empathy for all our…
Cyrano (2022) – Review
Movie musicals like Cyrano are a strange beast. The second you ask well-known actors to sing, you open yourself up to all kinds of problems; just ask Russell Crowe after Les Mis. While musicals in general are tricky, musical adaptations of classic literature are even…
REVIEW: Italian Studies (2022)
Adam Leon’s latest instalment, Italian Studies, tells the brief story of English writer Alina Reynolds (Vanessa Kirby), our protagonist, writer, victim of some kind of unexplored memory loss, as she goes from a self-assured conversation on a trendy street in London to wondering around New…
REVIEW: Double Walker (2021)
[This review contains spoilers] The debate about what constitutes a Christmas film rages on every year throughout December and beyond. Some say it’s a certain jovial je ne sais quoi, a vibe that lets you know that it’s truly the most wonderful time of the…
REVIEW: The Legend of La Llorona (2022)
Stories that stand the test of time though folklore are some of the most important and fascinating tales we have. That’s especially true of myths and legends of the horror variety. The story of La Llorona, a Latin American legend of a woman who drowns…
REVIEW: Ascension (2021)
Documentaries are always awkward beasts to handle. When you’re telling a tale of fact, you need the details to be sharp and the artistry around them to be engaging enough to hold the audience’s attention, all the while you need to balance the delicate scales…
REVIEW: Encanto (2021)
Everyone knows the power of the big six-oh. Sixty is a milestone that exemplifies maturity, growth, self-assuredness, and elegance. All that can be said, too, of Disney’s 60th motion picture, Encanto. Literally meaning “charm”, “spell”, or most obviously, “enchantment” in Spanish, Encanto takes you by…
