Do you ever get the feeling that you’ve seen Groundhog Day more than once? The latest low-budget horror laughathon from Jason Blum begs the comparison not simply by marrying the convention with a cavalcade of […]
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LOVING VINCENT
Taking painting by numbers to a whole new level – Vincent Van Gogh is fittingly the subject of the first ever fully painted feature film. A panoply of the Dutch master’s works are intermingled throughout […]
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Sports movies are generally more about sports than not – but this is not a sports movie. Billie Jean King’s face-off with Bobby Riggs is the stuff of tennis legend and fittingly the subject of […]
MOTHER!
It’s a special feat for a film to so divide critical opinion that the trenchant reactions’ very nature, rather than pure consideration of the flick’s actual merits, or lack thereof, would go such a way […]
IT STAINS THE SANDS RED
Perhaps the creators couldn’t decide which film to make, in which case, they made both. The first is a fairly traditional zombie shocker which introduces a series of novelties later in it’s run, as Molly […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 18: LOGAN LUCKY, THE LOST CITY OF Z, THE DARK TOWER & JERRY LEWIS
Where we fight about Steven Soderbergh “coming out of retirement,” the big MIFF flick about getting lost in the Bolivian jungle that didn’t feature Daniel Radcliffe and what has Stephen King fans everywhere […]
LOGAN LUCKY
Actors love to play against type. Some take it to another level. Channing Tatum, only recently dubbed the sexiest man alive, wouldn’t necessarily be the first choice for a down on his luck anti-hero who […]
ATOMIC BLONDE
You’ve seen Atomic Blonde before, you’ve just never seen it like this. Now undeniably one of the world’s biggest action stars, Charlize Theron has teamed up with David Leitch, one half of the uncredited Directing […]
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Rarely has a film in modern memory replete with so many exceptional actors been so poorly cast. Luc Besson’s $180 million adaption of the beloved French comic series and the most expensive indie ever made […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 14: DUNKIRK, A MONSTER CALLS, A GHOST STORY & GEORGE A. ROMERO
Where we fight about Dunkirk, A Monster Calls, A Ghost Story and the legacy of George A. Romero – join Glen Falkenstein, Chris Evans & Virat Nehru on Film Fight Club, Wednesdays 7:30 […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 11: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING, REBOOTS & REMAKES
Where we fight about Spider-Man: Homecoming, the flicks we would happily see rebooted and this week’s best bad movie, Entourage – join Glen Falkenstein, Virat Nehru and Chris Evans Wednesdays 7:30 on 2SER […]
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
Homecoming is the best Spider-Man film in fifteen years. It took a long time, but they’ve done him justice. Never before has someone, who actually looks like a teenager to boot, ever nailed the nonchalant, […]
BABY DRIVER
High expectations are the worst. There are few fans of Edgar Wright who wouldn’t salivate at the prospect of The World’s End and Hot Fuzz Director taking on another much-loved series of tropes, in this […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 10: GOOD TIME, HAN SOLO & MICHAEL NYQVIST
Where we fight about R-Patz’s latest Good Time, breakout child stars, the late, great Michael Nyqvist and what the once-Han Solo anthology Directors have termed “situation normal” Join Glen Falkenstein, Virat Nehru and Chris […]
MCLAREN
Only the second and last driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix with his name on the bonnet, Bruce McLaren’s formidable legacy gets a fairly laudable treatment in Roger Donaldson’s new documentary. No stranger […]
THE BEGUILED
There are two films here – you might like one of them, and you may struggle to like both. Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, based on the novel by Thomas P. Cullinan, itself adapted by Don […]
PACMEN
No one wants to see how the sausage is made. You might however want to see this film. The Republican primary season of 2016 will inevitably be the subject of countless films and documentaries. One […]
OTHERLIFE
Fixing on a great idea or something you haven’t seen before isn’t easy – watching any flick is that much better when you know the filmmakers have floored their premise. Home-grown Aussie sci-fi OtherLife asks […]
THE FARTHEST
Imagine knowing that the first time extra-terrestrial life hears a human voice, it might be yours. Or better yet, Chuck Berry. Charting the Voyager project from the get-go to, as Star Trek fans can attest […]
MY NAME IS EMILY
Uplifting if wildly uneven, My Name is Emily will leave you with a smile on your face and no doubt scratching your head. Emily (Harry Potter’s Evanna Lynch) has had a rough time. Her […]
WIND RIVER
Taylor Sheridan. Remember that name. The Actor turned Writer and now Director blew away audiences with Sicario in 2015 and only a year later turned over Hell or High Water, the criminally underrated Oscars dark […]
THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS
Let’s go with glass half full. The debut feature by Portugese Director Jose Pedro Lopes, The Forest of Lost Souls, at least for the first Act, is engrossing horror. Set upon dying in a forest […]
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