Review: Kong: Skull Island – Slick and sharp but lacking a larger scale
MONSTERS are real CGI. I don’t really want to talk about Kong: Skull Island. That may lead you to think I didn’t enjoy it or that I think it’s a bad film but neither...
Category: Film
Review: Logan – A flawed, compelling conclusion
THE TALE of Wolverine has been one of the most enduring narratives provided by Marvel comics in their lengthy history. This is evidenced by the sheer number of comics dedicated to the character and the...
Film Torments: Hackers (1995)
ROUNDING out February at Torments, Dan takes a look at a slab of indelibly delicious zeitgeist cheese. Some films define a generation. Some, like Xanadu and Road House, actually kill a decade. And then...
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...
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...
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