TV REVIEW: Shadow and Bone (2021)
Leigh Bardugo’s beloved Grishaverse series, which started with the Shadow and Bone Trilogy (published 2012-2014) and continued with the paired books Six of Crows (2015)/Crooked Kingdom (2016) and King of Scars (2019)/Rule of Wolves (2021) has now been adapted into a big-budget Netflix show, hoping…
REVIEW: Siberia (LFF 2020)
For those who like their festival films as bonkers and experimental as possible; well this one’s definitely for you. World premiering in competition at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, Siberia marks Abel Ferrara’s sixth collaboration with Willem Dafoe, following last year’s addiction drama Tommaso. Billed as a search…
REVIEW: Wolfwalkers (LFF 2020)
Kilkenny based animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, have quietly been making some of the best animated films over the last 10 years or so, and whilst this hasn’t gone unnoticed – with all three feature films they’ve released so far receiving Oscar nominations – they are…
REVIEW: Spontaneous (2020)
It’s hard to say what impact Spontaneous will have years down the line, if it will be remembered as a classic teen film and resonate with a new generation of moviegoers. But in 2020, in the midst of a Trump presidency and a global health…
BLU-RAY REVIEW: The Taste of Tea (2004)
Following the success of his brash Tarantino-esque outings Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl and Party 7, it would only be natural to be surprised by the sudden shift in style displayed by director Katsuhito Ishii when he made The Taste of Tea. Very…
REVIEW: Night of the Kings (TIFF 2020)
Flying overhead, all there is to see is green: the canopy of dense forest glowing from the unrelenting heat of the sun. We finally stumble upon an interruption, a block amongst the brush — pale, concrete, and sharply, contrastingly geometric – this is MACA prison….
REVIEW: Koko-di Koko-da (2020)
Traumatic events always leave us in a never-ending loop of regret, depression and scenarios that could exist within a different parallel universe. They can cause the breakdown of relationships and keep us from ever healing from the event that happened, which is why they can…
REVIEW: A Mermaid in Paris (Fantasia 2020)
Of all the mythical creatures spread across the world throughout history, the legend of the mermaid is probably one of the most ubiquitous. The mercurial half-fish, half-woman whose intoxicating beauty and hypnotic voice lures sailors to their death – just another example of mythology teaching…
REVIEW: Entwined (2020)
Greek and Roman mythology has been having something of a moment in cinema recently, with Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Orpheus and Eurydice), The Lighthouse (Proteus and Prometheus) and the much lesser known British independent film The Isle, which blended the Scottish folklore of…
REVIEW: The Old Guard (2020)
Releasing a superhero film these days must be daunting. Just last year Marvel’s domination of the genre culminated in the record-breaking, $2.7 billion-grossing epic Avengers: Endgame, meanwhile the DCEU has recently hit it out the park with the likes of Shazam! and Birds of Prey….
REVIEW: Artemis Fowl (2020)
Artemis Fowl is the oft-forgotten brother to Harry Potter and Alex Rider (and don’t forget about Percy Jackson! – ed.). In the mid 2000s, there was a massive Young Adult Fiction boom of chosen ones. The most famous of which is of course Harry Potter,…
TV REVIEW: The Dead Lands
Not Just Another Zombie Story Indigenous people all over the world take pride in their storytelling abilities and unique cultural narratives that have been passed down through generations. The exact tales and myths vary from culture to culture but one truth threads through: we are…
PATRON REVIEW: Willow (1988)
Things really were more acceptable in the 80s weren’t they? In between David Bowie’s domed thrust bucket gyrating round a Labyrinth, and Fred Savage asking his Grandpa Columbo about ‘inconceivable’ Princess Brides, kids had a whole host of fantasy films to choose and be mentally…
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