[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
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[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
[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
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #11] Skin, Judy & Punch, Machine and Dark Place
SKIN, JUDY & PUNCH, MACHINE and DARK PLACE Welcome to the 11th edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this one, I share my thoughts on the fact-based neo-Nazi themed drama SKIN, the unique Australian period comedy/drama JUDY & PUNCH, the documentary on robots/artificial intelligence MACHINE and the indigenous … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #10] Kursk, A Family, H Is For Happiness and The Kill Team
KURSK, A FAMILY, H IS FOR HAPPINESS and THE KILL TEAM Welcome to the 10th edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this one, I share my thoughts on acclaimed director Thomas Vinterburg’s latest film KURSK, the strange Australian-Ukrainian comedy A FAMILY, the delightful Australian family film H IS … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #9] Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Hearts And Bones, Sunset and Something Else
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, HEARTS AND BONES, SUNSET and SOMETHING ELSE (a.k.a. AFTER MIDNIGHT) Welcome to the 9th edition of my 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) audio reviews. In this one, I share my thoughts on the experimental Chinese film LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, the Australian drama HEARTS AND BONES, Oscar-winning … Continue reading
[Bede’s MIFF 2019 Audio Reviews #8] Bros: After The Screaming Stops, Friedkin Uncut, We Are Little Zombies and Emu Runner
BROS: AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS, FRIEDKIN UNCUT, WE A LITTLE ZOMBIES and EMU RUNNER Welcome to the 8th 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 ’80s/’90s British boyband Bros BROS: AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS, the documentary on legendary director … Continue reading