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Reviews, rants and general geek-ery by a 21 year old Film & Media student.
A Beginner’s Guide to The Room (Wiseau, 2003)
If you’re reading this with confusion, wondering what the hell The Room is and what all the fuss is about, then you obviously haven’t yet been lucky enough to watch this cinematic masterpiece. The Room is a romantic drama produced, directed, written and starring some bloke called Tommy Wiseau, who has an unidentifiable accent and makes very little sense […]
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Review: Amour (2012)
February 5, 2013
Mainstream cinema revolves around the young and the beautiful, but considering the world’s rapidly aging population, it’s surprising that we don’t see more narratives dealing with older protagonists. Most people have witnessed the slow deterioration of a parent or grandparent through aging, and we all live with the knowledge that one day a similar fate […]
Review: Les Misérables (2012)
January 24, 2013
Adapted from the popular stage show (which is in turn an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s nineteenth century novel), Tom Hooper’s film version of Les Misérables was guaranteed for box office success thanks to a ready-made audience of musical theatre fans anxious to see just how well the new film version matched up to the live event. I […]
Review: Holy Motors (2012)
November 8, 2012
Much like the last film I reviewed for this blog, Holy Motors heavily utilises the back seat of a limousine as a key location. Fortunately, Leos Carax’s latest effort succeeds in being infinitely more compelling than Cosmopolis, which bored me to tears. Being totally unfamiliar with Carax’s work when I entered the cinema, and having […]
Review: Cosmopolis (2012)
June 27, 2012
Although David Cronenberg is particularly recognised for creating gruesome venereal horror films, his work in recent years has moved further away from the horror genre. His latest effort, Cosmopolis, embraces a slow-paced, dialogue-heavy style which is far removed from earlier, more commercial films such as The Fly (1986). Adapted from the novel by Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis shows us a […]
Review: Osombie (2012)
May 20, 2012
While the idea of a horror film featuring a zombified Bin Laden may strike some viewers as shockingly distasteful, hundreds of others recognised the potential of the concept when an online Kickstarter fund appeared for the completion of post-production on the film. The film’s creators set the initial goal of $15,000 and this figure was eventually […]
February 20, 2013
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