Posted by Vance Garrett in New Release DVD on 04. May, 2010 | 6 Comments
It’s odd when life becomes a wheel, where you tread on ground already worn by your forging footsteps years before. Six years ago while working for a relatively young publication I reviewed this small film from then Edmonton based IDIOM Films entitled Reroute. I had been familiar with the company, having seen Lyrics To Dying, [...]
It’s not often I get to watch a movie that feels like it has been written, produced and directed deliberately for me, a wannabe independent film critic. Spoiler Alert is a real gem with an incredible script and very solid acting from start to finish.
The movie is centered around a passionate film [...]
Somebody knows their Hammer films. The British juggernaut production house, founded in the 1930’s by William Hinds, created a distinctly unique brand of horror film and defined the genre globally through the mid to late part of the last century. The breadth of the company’s impact still reverberates cinematically to this day with one of [...]
You can blame Rob Reiner. True the idea of mock documentaries (mockumentaries) had been around since the 60’s with the seminal A Hard Day’s Night but it wasn’t until 1984 and This Is Spinal Tap that the genre as we know it today was defined. That film lay the blueprint for the rhythm of the [...]
It is surprising how much of our entertainment is compared to meat; the central plot point is referred to as “the meat of the matter”; a work that’s relentless is considered to be “all killer, no filler”; becoming highly involved in a piece makes it a “visceral” experience all of which aptly sum up the [...]
Posted by Serina in Independent Films on 12. Nov, 2007 | 3 Comments
The latest Michael Moore installment does not disappoint. The average American has a lot to learn from this movie. The health care in our country is appalling and the insurance companies are fully to blame by my measure of it all.
As I am married to a British citizen I already knew much of what was [...]
Posted by Serina in New Release DVD on 07. Nov, 2007 | 5 Comments
I was in the mood to see if Hollywood was still putting out something interesting as far as law thrillers went. To my surprise, they didn’t do too bad keeping things fresh. This movie stars George Clooney (I don’t think I have to tell you any of his previous movies), Tilda Swinton (Chronicles of Narnia), [...]
Posted by Serina in Independent Films on 05. Nov, 2007 | 4 Comments
“Everything’s Gone Green” is a 2007 independent Canadian film by Douglas Coupland. I must say that visually, he used his landscape well. The settings of this film were done nicely, however the writing was way off.
Our story starts off with our main character Ryan (Paulo Costanzo, “40 Days and 40 Nights”) who in the [...]
Posted by Tom in New Release DVD on 30. Oct, 2007 | 3 Comments
When it came to reviewing Hostel 2, i had so much to say, but coming to write a review of Captivity, the morning after, i am left wondering exactly what it was i ended up doing last night.
Three things spring to mind, exploding dog, acid shower and an eyeball smoothie. Co-incidally these three things all [...]
Posted by Tom in New Release DVD on 28. Oct, 2007 | 5 Comments
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is the long coming sequel to Rob Schmidt’s “people trapped in the woods and getting eaten by mutants” horror. Joe Lynch’s directorial debut Wrong Turn 2 had every opportunity to be something appalling and I’m pleased to say it was everything I wanted. A good start to this man’s career.
Wrong [...]
