[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Paper Tigers (2020) Download HERE The Paper Tigers (2020) focuses on three former best friends, who reunite after 30 years when their Kung Fu master SiFu Cheung (Roger Yuan) passes away. No longer quite the martial artists they once were, these three men go on a new journey that … Continue reading
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[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Special Actors (2019) by Bede Jermyn
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Special Actors (2019) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE After striking it big on the international film circuit with his critically acclaimed and ambitious “shot in one-take” zombie horror/comedy ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, director Shin’ichirô Ueda instantly became a filmmaker-to-watch for audiences. Now he has returned with his latest film … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Block Island Sound (2020)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Block Island Sound (2020) Download HERE The Block Island Sound (2020) is the latest project from The McManus Brothers, who’s credit’s include Netflix’s American Vandal (2017) and Cobra Kai (2018), taking on a feature length film that acts as both a fractured family drama and a slow burn unsettling … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Mortuary Collection (2019)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Mortuary Collection (2019) Download HERE The Mortuary Collection (2019) is a stunning horror anthology from writer/director Ryan Spindell, taking place at Raven’s End Mortuary, as mortician Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) recounts stories of terror through the decades to a young woman Sam (Caitlin Fisher). The wrap around and the … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) by Bede Jermyn
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE The life of legendary Japanese swordsman and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi has been the subject of countless films, TV shows, books, animes and mangas over the years. Most notably the SAMUARI trilogy (1954-1955), which starred legendary actor Toshiro Mifune in the role … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Alone (2020)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Alone (2020) Download HERE Director John Hyams (whose filmography includes Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), Dragon Eyes (2012) and Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning (2012) and a bunch of TV work) brings a film that takes a very simple premise (based on the 2011 film Gone), with two main leads and … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Monster SeaFood Wars (2020)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Monster SeaFood Wars (2020) Download HERE Taking inspiration from the giant Japanese monster films of the 50’s and 60’s like Gojira (1954) and Daikaijû Gamera (1965), SeaFood Monster Wars (2020) sees Tokyo under attack by giant sea creatures, and it is up to a team of misfits to save the … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Hail to the Deadites (2020)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Hail to the Deadites (2020) Download HERE Hail to the Deadites (2020) is the second documentary feature from Steve Villeneuve, taking a focus on the fandom of the Evil Dead films. He explores the lives and impacts the films have had on fans, as well as some of the … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Columnist (2019)
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Columnist (2019) Download HERE The Columnist (2019) takes on the world of cyber bullying and the direct effects it has on those victims, however the film takes a dark twist. No longer are these cyber bullies invisible hiding behind a screen, they are sought out by the woman … Continue reading
[Audio Review] Color Out Of Space (2020) by Bede Jermyn
Even though his work hasn’t been adapted to the big screen as much as other sci-fi/horror authors like Stephen King or H.G. Wells, there’s no doubt that the prolific if controversial H.P. Lovecraft is still one of the most influential writers of all time. His work has been the inspiration for people such as John … Continue reading
[Audio Review] For Sama (2019) by Bede Jermyn
There’s no question that cinema has the power to make us change how we see the world. Even give us insight into things major things or events that we only know a little about. Since 2011 the Syrian Civil War has been a major on-going news story and one whose devastation is effecting millions of … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #14] The Nightingale, Little Monsters and Children Of The Sea (plus: My Top 10 MIFF 2019 Films)
THE NIGHTINGALE, LITTLE MONSTERS and CHILDREN OF THE SEA Welcome to the 14th and final edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this very last one, I share my thoughts on THE BABADOOK director Jennifer Kent’s powerful and confronting new film THE NIGHTINGALE, the zombie horror/comedy LITTLE MONSTERS and … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #13] The Wild Goose Lake, Pain And Glory, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Honeyland
THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, PAIN AND GLORY, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE and HONEYLAND Welcome to the 12th edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this one, I share my thoughts on the Chinese gangster film THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar’s semi-autobiographical film PAIN AND … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #12] Iron Fists And Kung Fu Kicks, The Wolf Hour, You Don’t Nomi and The Mountain
IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS, THE WOLF HOUR, YOU DON’T NOMI and THE MOUNTAIN Welcome to the 12th edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this one, I share my thoughts on the documentary on Kung Fu cinema IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS, the Naomi Watts starring … Continue reading