Film Torments: Scarecrows (1988)
THIS TIME on Film Torments, Dan finally gets round to a Fuck You it’s January film if ever he saw one. There are a variety of definitions for ‘cult film’, but most revolve around...
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Film Torments: Old Fashioned (2015)
THIS WEEK on Torments, Sierra takes a look at a winkingly-marketed chaste-sploitation flick in time for the release of Fifty Shades Darker. Oh boy. In February 2015, two ‘romantic’ films were released starring women...
Film Torments: Legally Blondes (2009)
THIS week on Torments, Dan looks at another hated sequel to a beloved set of films. Did you even know this was a thing? I’m not trying to be condescending here. I’ve never seen...
The Canon of Cannon: Bolero
THE CANON of Cannon is a feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus and their Cannon Films. This time, we take on the most expensive sex tape...
Film Torments: The Keep (1983)
IN THIS WEEK’S Torment, Dan examines what happens when an auteur and a studio clash over madness. Michael Mann, to this day, remains one of the most interesting directors to still be making a...
Review: Silence – Catholic guilt, the movie
AS AN ATHEIST who was raised as a practising Catholic, Martin Scorsese’s Silence strikes two very raw nerves with me as a film that examines both the best and worst aspects of religious faith and...
Film Torments: Shark Exorcist (2015)
KICKING off the year at Film Torments, Dan looks at – what else? – a film. Before Shark Exorcist even has time to begin, it poses a riddle. “Is the shark the exorcist, or...
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – A flawed but fun opening for the Potterverse’s new series
J.K. ROWLING, for many in my generation, is pretty much the British writer of the epoch of the mid 90s – mid 00s or, as they’re now often affectionately dubbed, the Blair years [assuming...
Film Torments: Rapsittie Street Kids – Believe in Santa (2002)
CONTINUING the month of Christmas at Torments, Dan watches another animated abomination. I don’t remember when exactly I first watched Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa, but I know for certain it wasn’t in...
Review: Rogue One – A galaxy treads water
PREQUELS, by their very station in an overarching narrative, face a conundrum: They’re moving toward a foregone conclusion. Star Wars knows this better than most franchises, having crafted an entire trilogy of the things...
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