Blu-Ray Review: The White Reindeer
Myths, legends and fairy tales have long fascinated humans, permeating into just about every society and culture around the world. Folklore, passed down by word of mouth, song and eventually…
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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.
Film Review: Last Breath
Contracting ‘the bends’ is a real hazard for all deep-sea divers. Saturation diving allows specialised commercial operators to work at great depths in a pressurised environment. It’s a risky vocation…
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Incoming: Pet Sematary
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young…
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Film Review: Active Measures
The last few years has been a tumultuous time for global politics. A shift to the right and a regressive step towards nationalism has seen a number of surprising (and…
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Incoming: Captive State
Set in a Chicago neighbourhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, “Captive State” explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and…
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Blu-Ray Review: Ikarie XB-1
Space, the final frontier. Man’s imagination has been turned upwards for centuries. Dreaming of boldly going where no man has gone before. The thought of travelling beyond the stars has…
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Incoming: At Eternity’s Gate
Willem Dafoe is mesmerising as Vincent van Gogh. Covering his time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, we find a complex, troubled soul who is seeking a new visual language, while also…
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Film Review: Eaten by Lions
Family plays an important role in most peoples lives. Love them or hate them, your nearest and dearest are always there. Until they’re not. And then their absence can be…
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Incoming: Dumbo
Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) to care for a newborn elephant whose…
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Incoming: Us
Adelaide Wilson is a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an…
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