LFF Review: Jailbreak
With the emergence of the kung-fu of Bruce Lee and subsequently Jackie Chan, martial arts cinema gained a huge worldwide audience. The wuxia of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took matters…
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DVD Review: Cardinal
Every time you look at a TV schedule there seems to be another new crime drama. The huge rise in popularity of the genre was undoubtedly sparked by the wave…
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Incoming: Zoology
Natasha is a middle-aged admin employee at a zoo where her female co-workers take pleasure in making fun of her. She lives with her God-fearing mother and leads a dull…
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LFF Review: Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse
There are many who still sniff at horror cinema and persist on trying to diminish it. Over the last couple of years, the odious term post-horror has seeped into popular…
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LFF Review: Ex-Libris – The New York Public Library
Libraries have played pivotal roles within societies dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks, ancient Egyptians and even the Sumerians. In more modern times, they’ve been a vital…
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Film Review: Pecking Order
There’s nothing like a bit of competition to get the blood flowing. It’s an area where documentaries often come into their own. As humans, we’re determined to win, whether were…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Whilst he’s best known for playing a replicant in Blade Runner or a mysterious black knight in Ladyhawke, Rutger Hauer has had an eclectic and highly durable career in front…
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Incoming: Brimstone
Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), a young and beautiful woman who is being hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) – a diabolical extremist and her nemesis. But Liz…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Suspicious Death of a Minor
The first gialli films are considered to be Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Blood and Black Lace. However, it was Dario Argento’s The Bird with the…
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Incoming: Last Days in the City
Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35 year old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With…
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