[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

I have seen a lot of films about war, but nothing quite compares to Armadillo. Most films of the sort seem to have some kind of agenda, and don’t quite show all the sides to what is going on. Armadillo is a documentary, its only agenda is to give you a first hand look at … Continue reading

DVD review: Barney’s Version [M15+]

Dir: Richard J Lewis Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman and Rachelle Lefevre The Film As you might have guessed from the title, Barney’s Version tells the story of a man named Barney (Paul Giamatti). We first meet him as an older man, he works in television production and … Continue reading

Bede’s Month In Movies – June

NOTE: Sorry that I’m really late with mine this month, I been so busy the lastfew weeks that I only had a chance to it until now. Number of Movies Seen This Month: 50 Number of Movies Seen This Year (so far): 274 5/5 – Excellent A Simple Plan X-Men: First Class 4.5/5 – Really Great … Continue reading

DVD review: Phasma Ex Machina [M15+]

Dir: Matt Osterman Starring: Sasha Andreev, Michelle Bergh, Max Hauser and Matthew Feeney The Film Phasma Ex Machina or Ghost From The Machine is an independent sci-fi/paranormal film, and I am happy to report it is actually a rather good one. Time and again a film comes along, that on the surface appears to be one thing and … Continue reading

[MIFF ’11] Cold Fish

Cold Fish Cold Fish can certainly lay claim to being one of the most unique and completely off beat serial killer films I have ever seen. This was my first venture into the works of director Sion Sono (who also wrote the screenplay with Yoshiki Takahashi), having heard positive things about his previous films, I … Continue reading

[MIFF ’11] Hobo With A Shotgun

Hobo With A Shotgun “You and me are goin’ on a car-ride to hell… and you’re riding shotgun!” Hobo With A Shotgun was a modern version of the exploitation films from the 70’s and early 80’s, it is the second film to be made from the Grindhouse faux trailers (the first being Machete). So can … Continue reading

The Beaver

The Beaver is at its core a film about mental illness, which includes a puppet. It does not sound terribly exciting when you put it that way, nor does it sound much fun. The film is rather interesting in some ways, yet it manages to be quite dark (in humour also) and verges on deeply … Continue reading