Dir: Kelly Reichardt Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Shirley Henderson, Rod Rondeaux The Film: I saw Meek’s Cutoff back upon its limited theatrical release and the film hasn’t left me. Upon this rewatch I was sure it would still linger with me, and linger it has. This film is … Continue reading
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DVD Review: Girl Walks Into A Bar [M15]
Dir: Sebastian Guetierrez Cast: Gil Bellows, Xander Berkely, Alexis Bledel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Zachary Quinto, Michelle Ryan, Lauren Lee Smith, Aaron Tveit, Amber Valletta, Kevin Zegers. The Film: If you have been following my writings with both my film reviews and as well as my weekly … Continue reading
DVD review: The Perfect Witness [MA15]
Dir: Thomas C. Dunn Starring: Wes Bentley and Mark Borkowski. The Film: I was rather curious and excited to check this film out, I enjoy a good serial killer flick. This one sounded unique, and the premise was promising. However this was not exactly what I had expected and honestly this isn’t a very good … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Off Hours [MA15]
Dir: Megan Griffiths Starring: Amy Seimetz, Tony Doupé, Ross Partridge The Film: The Off Hours is a really good film, a great example of successful Independent filmmaking. The story itself is nothing new, however its success as a film lays within the way this story is told. The film is set around a small town … Continue reading
DVD Review: This Is England ’86 [MA15]
Dir: Tom Harper (2 episodes), Shane Meadows (2 episodes) Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Rosamund Hanson, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun, Andrew Ellis The Film: This Is England ’86 is a TV series sequel to Shane Meadow’s 2006 film This Is England. This series is set 3 years after the film, and picks up with the characters from … Continue reading
DVD Review: R [MA15]
Dir: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer Starring: Johan Philip Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller The Film: When I come across a film simply titled ‘R’, this single letter is enough to get my attention. I was semi familiar with what this film was about, a subject matter that I have seen many times in film and … Continue reading
DVD Review: Carlos The Jackal – Deluxe Special Edition [MA15]
Dir: Olivier Assayas Starring: Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo, Fadi Abi Samra, Juana Acosta, Nora von Waldstätten, Christoph Bach, Julia Hummer The Film: Carlos or Carlos The Jackal as it is known here is in one word – EPIC. The full version of this film runs for 330 minutes, it is split up into … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Revenant [MA15] – Plus an excerpt from Marcey’s interview with Kerry Prior
Download HERE Dir: Kerry Prior Starring: David Anders, Chris Wylde, Louise Griffiths, Jacy King The Film: I LOVED THIS FILM! Okay now that that is out of the way, let’s get straight into it shall we? Now I am a huge horror fan, I am always after something unique to check out. I often get … Continue reading
DVD Review: Force Of Nature – The David Suzuki Movie [PG]
Dir: Sturla Gunnarsson Featuring: David Suzuki The Film: As someone who is mostly unfamiliar with David Suzuki, I wasn’t sure what a film about the man would be like. As I do, I love documentaries and I also love discovering ones that might have a subject matter new to me. This was those things and … Continue reading
DVD Review: Territories [MA15]
Dir: Olivier Abbou Cast: Roc LaFortune, Sean Devine, Nicole Leroux, Cristina Rosato The Film: Territories is bound to go down as one of the more disturbing and just difficult to watch films that I have seen in 2011. This however does not make it a bad film; in fact this was a very good film. … Continue reading
DVD Review: Everything Must Go [M15]
Dir: Dan Rush Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Pena, Christopher C.J. Wallace, Glenn Howerton and Laura Dern. The Film: Everything Must Go is another case of going into a film completely blind, my sole knowledge of the film was based on the DVD cover. I didn’t watch a single trailer and steered clear of … Continue reading
DVD Review: Armadillo [MA15]
Dir: Janus Metz The Film I had the opportunity to see Armadillo at this years Melbourne International Film Festival, and it was easily one of the best I saw. Upon re-watching it my feelings haven’t changed at all, the film is fantastic. It really is unlike any other war film I have seen, documentary or … Continue reading
DVD Review: How I Ended The Summer (2010)
Dir: Alexei Popogrebsky Stars: Grigory Dobrygin The Film Boy what a big piece of the human psyche this independent film is. If you’re ever wondering to yourself one particular quiet Sunday afternoon “I’d like to watch a film that brilliantly displays what happens when a modern-day young man falls apart simply because he’s afraid to … Continue reading
DVD Review: Biutiful [MA15]
Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Eduard Fernández, George Chibuikwem Chukwuma, Cheikh Ndiaye, Diaryatou Daff, Hanaa Bouchaib and Guillermo Estrella. The Film: Going into Biutiful, I knew virtually nothing about it, my sole knowledge was that it had been nominated for Oscars (Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor). Those accolades alone … Continue reading
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