Paragraph SALOUM, JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND, OF AN AGE and SPEAK NO EVIL Welcome to the 1st edition of my 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this very first one, I share my thoughts on the Senegalese action/horror films SALOUM, Ethan Coen first solo effort with the music documentary … Continue reading
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[Audio Reviews] The Innocents (2021) and Hatching (2022) by Bede Jermyn
While childhood can be a wonderous and adventurous time in our lives growing up, it can also be a dark and terrifying place as well. Over the decades, many great horror films used childhood as the basis to tell very effective and chilling horror stories. Whether it dealing with real life terrors that could happen … Continue reading
[Audio Review] The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (2022) by Bede Jermyn
Over the pass 100 years of cinema, Hollywood has produced many actors who have been considered by many as some of the greatest and beloved stars of all time. However there is one actor in particular who stands out due to how unique and eccentric of a talent he is. That, of course, is the … Continue reading
[Audio Review] Aline (2021) by Bede Jermyn
Over the pass 20 years, film biopics on world famous and well-renowned singers have been all the rage at the cinema. While some take a rather traditional and conventional look into their subject, (RAY, WALK THE LINE, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, RESPECT etc.), there are others that strive to be more unique and experimental instead (I’M NOT … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: The Sadness (2021) by Bede Jermyn
[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE While viral outbreaks have been the subject of many films over the pass few decades, it’s no surprise that some filmmakers would use the current COVID-19 pandemic as inspiration for their film’s story. Depending on how the filmmaker in question approaches this topical … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn
[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE If you don’t know the name of Phil Tippett, you may know his legendary work as a visual effects supervisor/stop-motion animator behind such films as RETURN OF THE JEDI, ROBOCOP, HOWARD THE DUCK, WILLOW, STARSHIP TROOPERS and JURASSIC PARK, the latter of which … Continue reading
[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Paper Tigers (2020)
[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
[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