Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Hellraiser (1987)

Posted on October 7, 2020 by

Some films fill you with a feverish excitement and the ability to endlessly rhapsodise about them like a hyperactive parrot. Hellraiser is one of those films. Since I first saw it in my late teens, the film has disturbed and … Continue reading →

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Review: To Catch a Thief (1955)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by

Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest has been often interpreted as his version of a James Bond picture. However, To Catch a Thief is equally worthy of consideration for the crown. Cary Grant’s John Robie (a former cat burglar) has to … Continue reading →

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Review: X-Men (2000)

Posted on August 31, 2020 by

In the context of the booming comic book movie genre, returning to watch X-Men is akin to looking through old photos of yourself as a teenager. Sure, you looked goofy trying to be a goth or regret that one time … Continue reading →

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Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by

In the context of what’s come before in Argento April: The Stendhal Syndrome miraculously seems like an answer to my chief criticism of Dario Argento’s output. He seems more fixated on the cinematic flourishes that pervade his films as opposed … Continue reading →

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Argento April: Deep Red (1974)

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

Deep Red or Profundo Russo (Italian title) is the cinematic equivalent of soaring. It’s a film that illustrates Dario Argento is not merely working within the horror genre, but understands it so profoundly that he can bend it to his … Continue reading →

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Argento April: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1971)

Posted on April 13, 2020 by

Loosely defined: Giallo is a popular 20th century genre that specialises in mysteries, thrillers and occasionally supernatural horror. The Italian word translates to yellow and the genre gets its name from the yellow coloured paperback novels that dominated bookshelves in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Mandalorian Chapter 1 (2020)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

The first episode of the highly anticipated series- The Mandalorian had a quiet UK theatrical release a couple weeks ago (via Cineworld Cinemas) So, it seemed like fair game to cover it for the blog. Television pilots are funny creations. … Continue reading →

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Review: The Invisible Man (2020)

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

HG Wells’s The Invisible Man has always been a story with limitless potential. The novel mixes a bemused comedic spirit (courtesy of some of the people who encounter the title character) and a palpable fear of its central scientist whose … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lighthouse (2020)

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

In 2016, Robert Eggers impressed the world with The Witch: a meticulous period film, mixing Christian import and feverish paranoia in its telling of a New England family, succumbing to the follies of their puritanical existence. The film remains one … Continue reading →

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Review: 1917 (2020)

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

Cinema is no stranger to one take shots. Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick created indelible sequences that made Touch of Evil and Paths of Glory part of our cinematic dreamscape. Alfred Hitchcock impressively tried to make his one location murder … Continue reading →

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