★★☆☆☆ In war, there are many indignant grey areas suppressed from widespread knowledge, tacit actualities that rarely see the light of day. Whilst Jeremy Isaacs’ gloriously outdated World at War series and Downfall (2004) skits are enough for some, there are a handful of discerning filmmakers dead-set on calling attention Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Getting to see the processes behind Heston Blumenthal’s wacky culinary experiments on various television shows is something that many members of the public thoroughly enjoy. You might think then, that the chance to peek behind the scenes at a thee Michelin-starred restaurant in Catalonia, Spain, that is considered one Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Writer/director Todd Solondz returns after a brief 3-year hiatus with Dark Horse (2011) – a film that takes a darkly droll approach into exploring the darker side of human behaviour. The film centres on Abe (Jordan Gelber), a socially awkward, overweight and toy collector thirty-something who lives in the Continue Reading
For a fifth consecutive year, this September (up until the climactic award ceremony on 8 November) Virgin Media will once again be running its Shorts filmmaking competition, now firmly established as the biggest of its kind here in the UK. Throughout the history of cinema, short-form filmmaking has helped to Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ It’s been some forty years since Meiko Kaji first sprayed gore across the snowy ground as she was introduced to the world in Shito Fukijawa’s cult hit Lady Snowblood (1973). The film, based on a manga comic of the same name, went on to spawn one sequel, Lady Snowblood Continue Reading
★★★★★ “I’m on a reality TV show! My mum is gonna think I’m such a burnout”, states Marty (Fran Kranz), our pot-smoking guide through the warped world of The Cabin in the Woods (2011). The fact that he spends most of Drew Goddard’s film high seems appropriate in the face Continue Reading