Fantasia Festival 2019 Review: Chiwawa
When you’re young, life passes by at a blistering pace and friends and lovers come and go in a blink of an eye. Every day is all about living in…
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Rob Aldam
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Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.
Fantasia Festival 2019 Review: The Deeper You Dig
Guilt can do funny things to a person. It can drive them to the edge of insanity and fundamentally change the way they live their life. These pangs of conscience…
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Fantasia Festival 2019 Review: The Art of Self-Defence
It is estimated that there are almost 400 million privately owned guns in the United States of America. That’s the equivalent of more than one weapon for every American. Whilst…
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Fantasia Festival 2019 Review: Sadako
In 1998 Hideo Nakata released Ringu in Japan. It would go on to change the face of genre cinema forever. Introducing the Western world to Asian horror and paving the…
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Incoming: Stuber
When a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) picks up a passenger (Dave Bautista) who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer,…
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Blu-ray Review: Hold Back the Dawn
Whilst Donald Trump’s US-Mexico border wall might be the zenith of his crazy, bigoted and idiotic ideas, the issue of controlling migration from the south has been one haunting politicians…
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DVD Review: Ashes in the Snow
The Holocaust was undoubtedly the lowest point in human history, but it’s worth remembering that the Nazis weren’t the only players in World War II who committed horrendous atrocities. There’s…
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Film Review – Kursk: The Last Mission
Whilst a whole new generation is learning about a nuclear disaster which occurred in the Ukraine in 1986, it’s not the only ‘mishap’ which has been swept under the carpet…
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Incoming: The Dead Don’t Die
In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable and animals…
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Film Festival Preview: Fantasia International Film Festival
Since its inaugural edition back in 1996, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has been pushing boundaries by showcasing the best in new international genre cinema. Now in its 23rd incarnation,…
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