I saw Amer as part of Melbourne's Hello Darkness film festival, I have written two other entries, this is my belated third.Amer is a visual tour de force that gives new meaning to the term eye candy. Its imagery is... More »
Wound is a seriously messed up film. So messed up in fact, I genuinely worry about its creator David Blyth. Confusing, conflicted, disturbing and disgusting, Wound takes a lot of taboo topics and strings them together. It can best be... More »
Hello Darkness is a yearly delve into the black hearts of warped films. It takes place in Melbourne Australia and will be running from the 4th till the 11th of November.It has been described as a "compelling film festival exploring... More »
I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad...
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Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few...
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While Henri-Georges Clouzot is best remembered for many of his later films, including The Wages of Fear and Diabolique, the French filmmaker's 1942 debut has gone largely unseen by Western audiences until now. The Murderer Lives at 21 (L'Assassin Habite au 21), based on the novel by Belgian author Stanislas-Andre...
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Much has already been written, both on these pages and many others, about the landmark Hollywood-China co-production that is Marvel and DMG Entertainment's Iron Man 3. The film, directed by Shane Black, is the third solo outing for Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, and has proved a phenomenal success around...
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CHAPTER 4: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANNA KARINA AND BUTT PLUGSI'm sitting outside at a small Café that my editor told me to meet him at. I'm a 10 minute walk from the Marche Du Film convention hall and I'm still waiting for my editor to arrive so he take guide...
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