Mad God – Dir Phil Tippett (Film Review – Shudder)
Mad God is a stop-motion animated horror film written, produced and directed by Phil Tippett, a film that captures the passion of an artist pouring 30 years of their life into an immensely masterful personal project.
Elvis: Dir Baz Luhrmann (13th Floor Film Review)
Elvis may not be the first attempt to tell the story of The King Of Rock & Roll, but is certainly the most ambitious and, with Luhrmann directing, most dazzling.
Revealer – Dir: Luke Boyce (Film Review – Shudder)
Revealer is a neon-filled sassy spookfest of a horror film by Luke Boyce, set in a seedy, rundown adult store in ‘80s Chicago that pairs together two unlikely survivors of the Apocalypse as they face interpersonal and otherworldly judgement.
Offseason Dir: Mickey Keating (Shudder Film Review)
Offseason is an eerie and unsettling cosmic horror film by writer and director Mickey Keating, elevated to excellence by Jocelin Donahue’s outstanding lead performance and a consistently well-executed tone of impending and inescapable dread.
Jurassic World Dominion Dir: Colin Trevorrow (Review)
Jurassic World Dominion is a testament to how Hollywood betrays its audience, where movies are marketed and validated by societal outrage or division and actors are only used to further a marketing agenda by a morally corrupt business model.
Top Gun : Maverick Dir: Joseph Kosinski (Film Review)
Top Gun : Maverick is an unapologetically entertaining action film with a dramatic and comedic heart, offering both a worthy sequel to the 1986 original from director Joseph Kosinski and one of the best cinematic experiences of the year so far.
The Innocents Dir: Eskil Vogt (Film Review)
The Innocents (De Uskyldige) is a serene and spooky supernatural film by director, Eskil Vogt, that examines the loss of childhood innocence through a surprisingly grounded portrayal of Norwegian children developing superpowers.
The Northman: Dir Robert Eggers (Film Review)
The Northman is brutal, unrelenting, and visually magnificent, drawing from the dark tragedies of Scandinavian legend to create a modern masterpiece under the guidance of visionary director, Robert Eggers.
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Film Review)
Everything Everywhere All At Once is exactly that. Prepare yourself for a mind-blowing 139 minutes of sensory overload in what will be one of the most memorable cinema experiences of this or any year.
Ambulance Dir: Michael Bay (Film Review)
Ambulance is director Michael Bay’s attempt to make a “small, character-driven film”. On that score, he failed fabulously. But Bay being Bay, there are enough car crashes, explosions and gunfights to make up for its lack of character.
The Batman – Dir: Matt Reeves: Film Review
The Batman is the latest instalment of this very, very successful franchise. Having just seen this (almost) 3 hour epic, I can sum it up in one word…Wow!
Michelle Krusiec – They Live In The Grey: Interview
Michelle Krusiec stars in They Live In The Grey a new film opening today on Shudder streaming service.
Belfast – Dir: Kenneth Branagh
Belfast is a semi-autobiographical comedy/drama set in 1969 Northern Ireland where a family struggles to survive in the city they love. Starring: Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Caitriona Balfe, Jude Hill
Licorice Pizza – Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Licorice Pizza is as its title suggests…exotic, sweet, tasty…and like the film itself, is more evocative than descriptive. Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper
The Last Thing Mary Saw Dir: Edoardo Vitaletti (Shudder)
The Last Thing Mary Saw will seep under your skin like blood from under a door.
The Matrix Resurrections – Director: Lana Wachowski: Film Review
The Matrix Resurrections – Director, Lana Wachowski Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris Eighteen years after the “last” Matrix film and 22 years after the much-lauded first Matrix film comes The Matrix Resurrections. So let us roll away the stone and see if this resurrection is worth getting excited about.
The Beatles – Get Back: Days 17-22 Dir: Peter Jackson
The end is in sight! Peter Jackson’s nearly-8-hour epic comes to a close and The Beatles head for the rooftop in this third instalment of the Get Back mini-series.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are captured at the height of their powers on this show recorded over two nights Madison Square Garden in September of 1979.
The Beatles – Get Back: Days 8-16 Dir: Peter Jackson
We continue down the long and winding road of Peter Jackson’s Get Back with episode two. At a brisk 2 hours and 52 minutes, this one covers Days 8-16 in The Beatles’ march to the rooftop.
The Beatles – Get Back Dir: Peter Jackson
It’s finally here! The much anticipated/hyped documentary based around the mostly-unseen footage shot of The Beatles making their Let It Be album/film is now available to stream on Disney+. Having watched the first of the three “episodes”, here are my initial thoughts.