Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 8 – No One
SPOILERS BELOW: There is nothing to be Cle-gained by Mountain a complaint about it, you can Hound me all you want, I’ve already written them. So last week, I didn’t take time to...
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Sons of the Silent Age: The cinematic ingenuity of Sherlock, Jr.
SONS of the Silent Age returns with a look at one of the finest comedies of all time: Sherlock, Jr.. Buster Keaton was a stone-faced man made of elastic. He was also, quite probably, clinically...
Film Torments: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
THIS week, Rich takes an extended look at one of the most successful and most derided adaptations of a beloved children’s novel: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Back in the late-noughties, we received word...
Review: Son of Saul – A stunning, powerful dive into the Holocaust
MOVIES made about the Holocaust are, for obvious reasons, a contentious topic. There’s the dichotomy between sensitive depiction and garish flippancy, the clash between Hollywood schmaltz and grim realism. For many, documentaries like Shoah or...
Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 7 – The Broken Man
SPOILERS ARE BELOW. I can’t be bothered to write a clever reference for you this week. So, at this point, what does death even mean? We’ve seen so many people die and quite a...
Album released this week in… 2008: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
FLEET Foxes’ eponymous debut album is a game changer for sure. Certainly, folk rock took a good, hard look at itself after Robin Pecknold’s merry band of musicians came out with this gem, an...
The Canon of Cannon: Ninja III: The Domination
The Canon of Cannon is a new feature where we take a wandering look at the backlog of world-renowned trash peddlers, Cannon Films, and the work they left behind. Kicking us off, it’s Ninja III: The Domination....
Film Torments: Thunder Run (1986)
FILM Torments returns from belated hiatus for a film of two halves: 1986’s Thunder Run. WHEN Mad Max: Fury Road became the greatest film of 2015 (and perhaps recorded history), 0.00001% of the international population may...
Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 6: Blood of My Blood
WHAT DOES A boy do? A boy has no name. A boy desires nothing but to warn you of incoming spoilers. So apparently you’re all still a lot more emotional about last week than...
Review: X-Men: Apocalypse – Enjoyable mutant fare, but nothing magical
IN THE MIDST of this cinematic war between WB and Marvel Studios, and despite playing second fiddle to Kevin Feige’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, director-producer Bryan Singer has managed to stand his ground and keep the...
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