by Matthew Lee, May 7, 2012 7:00 AM
Why do so many characters in horror movies end up dooming themselves through their stubborn refusal to take what's going on at face value? To be fair, we all say we'd do things differently but it's a hard thing to...
by Matthew Lee, March 19, 2012 3:39 PM
When Weekend director Andrew Haigh talks about his film carrying a message for everyone, gay or straight, it's a welcome mission statement. Queer cinema tends to divide opinion like few other genres, not least because at one extreme when it's...
by Ben Umstead, March 10, 2012 12:51 AM
It's no secret around these parts that our love for Jason and Brandon Trost's Dystopia-set Dance Epic The FP runs pretty deep. After all, a cult hit in the making is our primo kind of bag. Drafthouse Films -- the...
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by Matthew Lee, January 9, 2012 3:21 AM
Xavier Gens' superb The Divide basically posits that should the bombs drop and the world get blown to radioactive splinters, the scariest thing that could happen wouldn't be finding out you were screwed. It'd be finding out that given the...
by Matthew Lee, November 27, 2011 11:13 PM
It's great when a director identifies with a film they've poured heart and soul into making, even more so when it's clearly pushed them to excel. Still, what are you supposed to think when it's a story about weak, contemptible...
by Ben Umstead, June 29, 2011 4:06 PM
Nicholas Goldbart's pandemic-panic Phase 7 has been making the festival rounds with stops off at SXSW, EIFF, and will soon be making an appearance at Fantasia Fest. Well, that same week Bloody Disgusting and AMC theaters will be bringing it...
by Ben Umstead, May 6, 2011 9:10 AM
[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following review.]Hobo With A Shotgun is currently available on demand and opens in select US cities on May 6th. You pretty much know what you're in for when you go to see a...
by Todd Brown, May 1, 2011 2:07 PM
Father Billy may be one of the least competent priests ever to wear the collar. Not because he's malicious. Not because he doesn't care. No, it's just that being a decent priest requires you to be an adult and Billy...
by Ryland Aldrich, April 30, 2011 3:00 PM
It can be a tricky proposition to adapt a highly successful trailer into a feature length film. Whether because of budget concerns, story problems, or inexperience, too often a filmmaker will hold back on the outrageous elements that made the...
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by Andrew Mack, April 6, 2011 6:43 PM
Oh thank the maker. I would have been fine either way. After all, if I were not able to see Joe Cornish's teen sci fi comedy Attack the Block on the big screen I know I would have, and likely...
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