This is by no means a comprehensive look at Raindance Film Festival, but here is a snapshot with some mini reviews of the feature films I managed to catch! Down South (dir. Bob Yothers) In accordance with festival tradition, before the main feature, let’s take a moment to appreciate short films. For me, the stand out short […]
Ken Loach is a filmmaker who proudly wears his political beliefs on his sleeve. He is someone who keeps socialist themes in his movies and is one of the most lauded British directors. His latest movie I, Daniel Blake keeps to that mode and won the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, making […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the latest film from visionary director Tim burton based on the popular series of children’s books by Ransom Riggs. It’s about…..well, there’s really no way to briefly summarize the plot, which basically explains the biggest problem with this film. Jake (Asa Butterfield) is an awkward Florida teenager who’s […]
The circle of life has come back around, and it’s time for Disney to give The Lion King its live-action update! Following in the footsteps of the likes of Cinderella, Maleficent, and next year’s Beauty and the Beast, the 1994 classic is set to get “a new reimagining,” EW reports. Of course, it’ll hardly be […]
One of the challenges in depicting a real life disaster is to develop the characters involved enough for audiences to care for them despite knowing the conclusion. Peter Berg has proven his ability to direct stories of real life heroes in amongst tragic situations with 2013’s Lone Survivor. Partnering with one of his favourite lead actors, Mark Wahlberg, he […]
There is an undeniable over saturation of zombies in popular culture in recent years. The presence of the undead has been prolific appearing in movies, TV shows, novels, comics and video games – video game critic Ben “Yahztee” Crowshaw even joked that people make zombie tales just to cope if society collapses in any other […]
Fedora (1978), directed by the legendary Billy Wilder and restored by Eureka Entertainment as part of the Masters of Cinema series, has a fascinating premise ripe for compelling drama, but spends too much of its runtime focusing on the wrong parts of the story. Washed up producer Barry ‘Dutch’ Detweiler (William Holden) tries to lure […]
