As the horror franchises go, A Nightmare On Elm Street has always seemed a bit lacklustre, due to its eventual focus on comedy over horror. Freddy Krueger is a great character (in the “oh he’s such a character” sense of the word), but as an iconic villain he’s always come up short. And it’s possibly … Continue reading
I was born a decade too late to be able to fully enjoy Empire Records as its target audience, but even so I still love it. Set in the coolest record store ever, it charts the lives of a group of teens over one day as they deal with all their dramas, angst and fun. … Continue reading
Those who’ve never seen a Lars Von Trier film are either selling their cinematic repertoire short, or are the luckiest filmgoers alive. Or both. The man does not make easy films to watch, and for the most part, actively goes out of his way to antagonise the audience, just with the accidental by-product that a … Continue reading
Ben Affleck and America. These are the things you will love by the end of Argo. Tall, Irish-Americanly handsome Ben Affleck and noble hostage-rescuing America. You probably know where I’m going with this, but there’s a hindrance in fully appreciating what a good film Argo could have been if you know what enormous liberties have … Continue reading
Christos Tsiolkas’ Dead Europe (reviewed here) was never going to be an easy story to adapt into a film, and its content alone would be enough to have it banned in nearly all countries if it was portrayed visually, so I was already expecting a lot of changes. Then I found out its running time … Continue reading
Told with the structure of a documentary and purportedly recreated from interviews and transcripts, Howl covers the obscenity trial of Allen Ginsberg’s poem of the same name. Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’ is one of the more important pieces of 20th century literature, but on its initial publication was met with cries of its depravity. Its frank allusions … Continue reading
