Even though it’s not entirely awful, Don’t Knock Twice, directed by Caradog James, embraces too many tropes of bad modern horror movies to distinguish itself from the pack in any meaningful or memorable way. Jess (Katee Sackhoff), successful sculptor married to a wealthy banker, is looking to reconnect with her daughter Chloe (Lucy Boynton), whom […]
The Eyes of My Mother, the directorial debut of Nicolas Pesce, is a deeply disturbing black-and-white horror film about a lonely young woman with a dark secret. Francisca (Kika Magalhães and Olivia Bond, as young Francisca) and her mother (Diana Agostini) and father (Paul Nazak) live a quiet, peaceful life out in the country, raising […]
Directed by Korean legend Kim Jee-woon and written by Lee Ji-min and Park Jong-dae, The Age of Shadows is a South Korean action-thriller set in 1920s Korea during Japanese rule. Finely acted, visually stunning and with some hard-hitting action scenes, The Age of Shadows can be a rewarding experience if you can get past the […]
Another Mother’s Son is based on the true story of Louisa Gould, a woman who sheltered an escape Russian slave worker during the Nazi occupation of the British Channel Islands. Directed by Christopher Menaul and written by Gould’s great nice Jenny Lecoat, Another Mother’s Son has an inspiring and moving tale to tell, one that […]
Anyone who sticks out like a sore thumb in a social setting understands this feeling. Both on the level of general social anxiety that one might experience at the notion of meeting a whole host of new people and also on the level of being the only one who appears different among those people who […]
Based on a manga by Yoshitoki Ōima, the anime film A Silent Voice was one of the most popular at the Glasgow Film Festival and certainly one of the most emotional. Shoya Ishida was a popular kid in elementary school who led a bullying campaign against the new girl in his class, Shoko Nishimiya, who is deaf. […]
1961’s Two Rode Together, the first collaboration between James Stewart and director John Ford, has been restored as part of Eureka’s The Masters of Cinema series. Good intentions and fine performances aside, it’s a Western that has not stood the test of time. Marshall Guthrie McCabe (Stewart) is recruited by the Army to negotiate with […]
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” – Stephen King From Godzilla to King Kong, the monster movie has been a mainstay in the canon of world-wide and Hollywood productions over the past century. Different directors and writers have added their own touch to this familiar genre. […]
In life we begin young, fresh-faced and idealistic. We think that no matter what kind of situation we end up in, it’ll be enough to get us through even the toughest situations. As we move through life, we sometimes are rewarded for our optimism, but then we end up in places that feel like Gotham […]
The Chamber tries very hard to make a somewhat interesting idea feel boring and stale and only occasionally comes to life thanks to a few unintentionally hilarious moments. Written and directed by Ben Parker (in his feature debut), The Chamber revolves around a special ops unit, who commandeer a commercial research vessel and its submersible […]
