The Haunting of Hill House caused a sensation when it premiered on Netflix in October 2018, just in time for Halloween. It takes its title from the classic Shirley Jackson novel of the same name, which was adapted into one of the all-time classic haunted house films, The Haunting. However, despite some thematic similarities with both the source … Continue reading The Haunting of Hill House (2018) – Blu-Ray Review →

Der Golem is one of the most iconic German expressionist films. Although the Germans did a version of Dracula with Nosferatu, they never did a Frankenstein film—this was the closest thing to it: in ancient Jewish mythology, a Golem is a human-shaped being created from something like clay or mud and then brought alive. Directed … Continue reading Der Golem – Blu-Ray Review →

This Moulin Rouge has no relation to the musical extravaganza Baz Luhrmann that would make almost half a century later, except for the fact that it's also set in and around the world-famous Paris cabaret on the Boulevard de Clichy. In fact, it’s a biopic of the disabled painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who became one … Continue reading Moulin Rogue (1952) – Blu-Ray Review →

The African Queen is one of John Huston’s most iconic films, Huston’s penultimate collaboration with his old drinking buddy, Humphrey Bogart, before Beat the Devil. Bogart stars as steamboat captain Charlie Allmat, a role that won him his only Oscar. It also stars Katherine Hepburn as Rose Sayer, sister of a British missionary. As World … Continue reading The African Queen – Blu-Ray Review →

Upgrade came out with an extremely limited release in the UK at the end of August and beginning of September last year, and sadly I missed its release—it was only in the cinemas for maybe a week. The film eventually came out on a vanilla DVD, and I've been going back again and again over the … Continue reading Upgrade – Blu-Ray Review →