This film caused a bit of a stir a couple of months ago when the trailer came out. Previously known as True Crimes, it had been on the shelf since opening at the Warsaw Film Festival two years ago, which is usually not a good sign, and has been released with a new title. It’s … Continue reading Dark Crimes – DVD Review
You Were Never Really Here is new film from the Scottish director Lynne Ramsey, whose last film seven years ago was We Need To Talk About Kevin. That last film had some of the worst first-year film student symbolism ever seen on screen. Ramsey walked off the set of a Western she was working on, … Continue reading You Were Never Really Here – Blu-Ray Review
It's another week, so Nicolas Cage has a new film out on DVD/Blu-Ray and VOD platforms. The latest one, The Humanity Bureau, is his first sci-fi movie since the interesting Knowing back in 2009, when his films would still open theatrically. However, it seems that this year will see a sort of comeback for Cage where … Continue reading The Humanity Bureau – Blu-Ray Review
The Endless is a small indie movie centred on two brothers, Justin and Aaron, who are played by actors with the same first names (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead), who also directed the production. I’s a great set-up: they have escaped from a UFO death cult, and receive a mysterious videotape, which is the only … Continue reading The Endless – Blu-Ray Review
This long-awaited half-biography/half-memoir from one of the few directors whose singular vision has spawned an adjective, Lynchian (joining Felliniesque, Buñuelian, Gilliamesque and Cronenbergian), has finally arrived. The format is that his co-writer Kristine McKenna has written a linear biography, and then in alternating chapters Lynch responds to her chapters and tells his version of the … Continue reading David Lynch’s Room To Dream – Book Review
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