Goodbyes are hard. And they are unbearably more difficult when they are final. Billi (Akwafina), the heroine of The Farewell, finds herself in this situation when she journeys to visit her sick grandmother in China. However, there is a twist. […]
It’s no secret that video game adaptations have quite a bad track record. There are many reasons for this, from the fact that many of the most iconic game franchises aren’t very narrative focused, to the expensive nature of these […]
Most stories about criminals are not particularly empathetic. This isn’t without good reason, as the more despicable the acts our “protagonists”, the harder it is to see things from their point of view. In large part, the appeal of these […]
The Coen brothers are two of the most celebrated voices in Hollywood, their screenplays often taking viewers through darkly comic journeys which delve into the grim depths of our collective psyches. They are experts at crafting stories centered on our […]
Well, this is pretty weird. In the year 2018 we are receiving a film from Orson Welles, the director/actor responsible for several of the most celebrated films of all time including Citizen Kane, The Third Man, and Touch of Evil. […]
What if an iridescent horror-show was bathed in the hallucinatory sensation of a fever dream, but then mixed with the B-movie charm of Nic Cage at maximum cheese? In a nutshell, this is Mandy, an action-horror flick brought to life […]
Venom is an incredibly ambitious film that you can just jump right into with no prior knowledge and enjoy. After a slow and boring start it was able to bring something to the table you don’t see as often as […]
Similar to how the ‘found footage’ concept cultivated a popular sub-genre of early 21st century horror cinema, the 2010s have likewise witnessed the birth of a new film-making technique; one far more societally and technologically relevant to our digital age. […]
