Film

When you have been a fan of horror and action cinema for a long time, it's easy to get jaded and dare I say, desensitised. You live for those moments where you can't believe the film is doing what it is. Be it heads crushed underfoot,…

"Love chooses us. The only thing we can control is what we do, how far we can go."  When the series You initially dropped on Netflix in 2018, it was met with understandable acclaim. The story of a stalker in this modern, social media…

Stay and forgive; stay and fight; leave. These are the choices faced by the Mennonite women at the centre of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. Eight women from three generations of two families have been nominated to make this decision for…

Much is revealed about How the West Was Won in the title alone. “The West” about which we are concerned is less a place than a way of thinking. With locations in Utah and California, we are geographically in recognisable terrain. What is…

In the world of exploitation/genre films, you won't be too far from a familiar face. Be it a character actor like Michael Ironside or Tim Thomerson, or a producer like Charles Band or Roger Corman, the industry is shaped by a few…

And we're back! I Know That Face is coming in hot in 2023 with the most classically handsome man we've covered: Glen Powell. A long-time actor, Powell has risen from one-line roles in The Dark Knight Rises to bulking up large ensembles in…

Let's face it, M. Night Shyamalan was once a revered genius. His sense of humanity and horror launched him into our lives with The Sixth Sense (1999) and its follow-up Unbreakable (2000). He was once an unstoppable, creative box-office…

In the build-up to the release of Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, there has been a small but vocal public backlash. The crassness of the title, combined with the few promotional stills of Brendan Fraser donned in an Eddie Murphy-style…

After the highs of the Twilight Zone, Rod Serling's next series, Night Gallery (1970-73) is a series that has a strong hit/miss rate. For every excellent episode like "The Doll", "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" or "The Caterpillar", there is a…

There are a lot of shows and movies from around the world that deal with different types of the living dead: zombies, vampires, and even stranger things. Writers like David McNally have drawn links between these monsters and people’s views…