Film Torments: Cool World (1992)
THIS week on Film Torments, hastily sketched into the margin of Animation Month, Truan decided to take a look at an esteemed animator’s final trainwreck: The brutal assault of Cold World. Cool World is...
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Film Torments: The Lorax (2012)
JULY is renowned for its animated films… right? That’s the theme for the month and by God we’re sticking to it like 3D rendering to a clownfish (or something). Drawing us in is Rich’s take...
The good, the bad, and the Bond: Re-evaluating 007 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
DRAWING a (temporary) close to the Connery era, it’s time for one of the most cherished films and possibly the most divisive Bond in the series: George Lazenby, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Andrew Simpson: Following the...
Review: Jurassic World – Dino sequel prefers cheap thrills to wonder
JURASSIC Park is not sacred. Stephen Spielberg’s two hour sauropod span is not your childhood and neither were its sequels. When people talk of Jurassic Park – especially people within my age group –...
Only in the 70s: Black Caesar (1973)
ROUNDING off Remakes Month at Film Torments, we take a prolonged look at one of the blaxploitation era’s biggest successes: 1973’s Black Caesar. Born from the criminal blast of Prohibition, 1931’s Little Caesar is a...
The good, the bad, and the Bond: Re-evaluating 007 – You Only Live Twice
FREE from the underwater drudge of Thunderball, and with Sean Connery’s tenure in the role nearing its end, it’s time to examine one of the more awkward Bond films to view from a modern...
Film Torments: Planet of the Apes (2001)
ONE OF THE MOST noted cinematic faux pas of the early 00s, Planet of The Apes (2001) was envisaged as an original and refreshing re-imagining of the 1968 film classic, with more of the narrative...
The good, the bad, and the Bond – Re-evaluating 007 – Thunderball
GOLDFINGER paved the way for innumerable parodies, references and homages. The next film in the series has a jetpack. Whadda ya want? It ain’t the Lotto Millions, but it certainly is “the biggest Bond...
The good, the bad, and the Bond: Re-evaluating 007 – Goldfinger
FROM Russia with Love cemented Bond’s appeal in the eyes of the public, but the next entry in SCM’s re-evaluation of the Bond canon helped define our common perception of the superspy: 1964’s Goldfinger. Andrew Monk: Continuing the...
Review: The Look of Silence – A vitally important milestone in documentary cinema
2012’s THE ACT of Killing was one of the most harrowing and powerful films of its year, its depiction of grinning butchers re-enacting their deeds in the Indonesian genocide of 1965-66 framed with commendable...
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