Dir: Gareth Evans Starring: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya, Ray Sahetapy The Film: The Raid is a film right up my alley, a mixture of action/martial arts/horror/thriller are all the elements that really make me tick as a film fan. There had been nothing but positive reviews and … Continue reading
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DVD Review: Treasure Of The Black Jaguar [MA15]
Dir: Mike Bruce Starring: Cameron Van Hoy, Michael Drayer, Timothy V. Murphy The Film: Treasure Of The Black Jaguar is quite the journey; it’s a rather different film and a modern type of grindhouse one. For me this was a rather cool film, one that just does not come up very often. The driving force … Continue reading
Blu-ray Review: Merantau [MA15]
Merantau was the first film in many years produced in Indonesia and it brought forth their martial arts Pencat Silat. That is a key component in this film, and I think after seeing this film many people will certainly want to know more (seek out Gareth Evan’s documentary Pencat Silat: The Martial Arts of Indonesia for more). The story here is about the ancient rite of passage known as ‘merantau’, which is from native Sumatra. Continue reading
DVD Review: Rabies [MA15]
Dir: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Danny Geva, Ania Bukstein The Film: Rabies (Kalevet) was a film I had heard about some time ago, it was being billed as the first Israeli slasher film. This certainly got my attention, and I wondered whether I would get to see it and how it would … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Guest Room [MA15]
Dir: Henry Olek Starring: Ross McCall, Susan Priver, Jude Ciccolella The Film: The Guest Room (aka Serving Up Richard) is an odd gem of a film, and it is surprisingly engaging despite being labelled as a cannibal film. Now I have nothing against cannibal sub-genre films, this element worked well for Hannibal Lector for example, … Continue reading
DVD Review: Passion Play [M15]
Dir: Mitch Glazer Starring: Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox, Bill Murray, Rhys Ifans, Kelly Lynch The Film: Passion Play has a bit of a reputation behind it, it was panned by critics when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2010 and it hasn’t quite recovered since. It has that reputation of being … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Innkeepers [M15]
Dir: Ti West Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis The Film: I just want to get this out of the way now – I love Ti West! He really is a fantastic recent addition to the horror genre, he keeps things interesting and inventive. The Innkeepers which is his latest is no different, this … Continue reading
DVD Review: We Are The Night [MA15]
Dir: Dennis Gansel Starring: Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich The Film: Right off the bat I have to say We Are The Night was an incredibly entertaining film, and certainly one of the better vampire films I’ve seen out of the recent crop. It had elements of The Lost Boys and Near Dark, as … Continue reading
DVD Review: In The Name Of The King: Two Worlds [M15]
Dir: Uwe Boll Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Natassia Malthe, Lochlyn Munro The Film: Out of all the films of his that Uwe Boll could have made a ‘sequel’ to, In The Name Of The King wasn’t one I would have expected. This really is an in name only sequel, where his BloodRayne series shared the same … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Hunter [M15]
Dir: Daniel Nettheim Starring: Daniel Nettheim, Sam Neill, Frances O’Connor The Film: A merc named Martin David is hired by a mysterious scientific corporation to head into the wilds of Australia to hunt down the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger. Martin’s presence in the area attracts the attention of more than a few locals who are … Continue reading
DVD Review: Point Blank [MA15]
Dir: Fred Cavayé Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Elena Anaya, Roschdy Zem The Film: Point Blank is an intense thriller, that is exciting and extremely well put together. The film follows a familiar formula, but it has a fresh spin on it, I am sure there will be comparisons to things like Taken or even something like … Continue reading
DVD Review: Absentia by Garrett Collins
Dir: Mike Flanagan Starring: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Dave Levine, Morgan Peter Brown, Justin Gordon The Film: We live in a very interesting age in the world of horror. It is almost impossible not to see a modern film come out which doesn’t contain some kind of homage or storyline from a film that we, … Continue reading
DVD Review: Rites Of Passage [MA15]
Dir: W. Peter Lliff Starring: Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Chritian Slater, Stephen Dorff The Film: I’ll start by saying this, Rites Of Passage is not a good film, and I expected better from someone whose writing credits include Point Break and Under Suspicion although they do also include Prayer Of The Rollerboys. W. Peter Lliff’s … Continue reading
DVD Review: The Future [M15] by Garrett Collins
Dir: Miranda July, Starring: Miranda July, Hamish Linklater The Film: Miranda July, the writer, director, and star of The Future, is an example of what would happen if Sofia Coppola and David Lynch had a daughter who grew up to make films. While her central ideas are full of thought, it is tough to get … Continue reading