REVIEW: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2019)
‘People. People who need people. Are the luckiest people in the world.’ The profound song lyric uttered by many a leading lady, who’ve played Fanny Brice on a Broadway or West End stage. For many a writer, it’s this art form that allows us to…
REVIEW: The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Based on one of the most iconic legends in history, The Kid Who Would Be King takes a spin on the classic King Arthur story and catapults it into modern times. Behind this modern retelling is British filmmaker Joe Cornish, who after eight long years…
FINAL GIRLS: Hounds Of Love (2016)
Some films gnaw at your inner consciousness until you wish they didn’t exist, yet they do and for a reason. Hounds of Love from director Ben Young is an unflinching portrayal of how love can cause an unhealthy addiction to one person, and an acceptance…
REVIEW: Polar (2019)
This 2019 neo-noir action film, based on the comic series of the same name, is directed by Jonas Åkerlund and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas. As the world’s greatest assassins Duncan ‘The Black Kaiser’ Vizla prepares to retire, his boss…
FINAL GIRLS: Flesh and Blood Shorts
Blood Runs Down We follow a mother and daughter as they pass through three stages; Idolatry, Resentment and Grief. These three stages represent aspects of their lives and show them in different circumstances through a short period of time together. In the opening sequence, the…
FINAL GIRLS: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Very much following in the same dark tradition as Guillermo del Toro, comes another Mexican director – Issa Lopez – who is also combining the very real-life, everyday horrors of a type of war (in this case, drug wars between the Mexican cartels) with fairy…
FINAL GIRLS: Felt (2014)
It’s hard to articulate exactly what makes Felt one of the most provocative, shocking and original tales of the 21st Century but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with sticking needles into knitted penises. Director Jason Banker has created a feminist horror story…
FINAL GIRLS: Nancy (2019)
A cat is never a good thing to see early in a horror film. So when we see one in the family home in the opening minutes I was worried! Little did I realise at the time how great a presence this cat would have…
REVIEW: Do No Harm (2019)
Do No Harm is an insanely well-made short film. Director Sam Blakeney-Edwards has crafted an unnerving film with a strong beginning, middle and end (all inside of 12 minutes). The premise of the film is about a Junior doctor ‘Dr Bloom’ (Oliver Rednall) on the night shift…
REVIEW: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Closing a trilogy as strong as the How to Train Your Dragon one is no easy feat. After two films that took us on the journey of a boy becoming a man alongside his new found best friend, all the way through a brutal attack…