Greetings again from the darkness. “Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?” It’s a familiar pitch we hear every year at grocery stores, our front doors, and even at the office as co-workers spread the word on behalf of their scouting daughters. With...
Movie Review: ‘One Night Only’
Review by Adam Courtliff Director Will Gluck has made a name for himself within the romantic comedy genre delivering Easy A, Friends with Benefits, and the extraordinary box office success story of Anyone but You so it felt almost inevitable that he would...
Movie Review: ‘Ice Cream Man’
Review by Adam Courtliff You never really know what you're going to get when you go into an Eli Roth movie. After all, he has proven himself to be one of the most polarising filmmakers working today, with it being like a flip of a coin whether it's going to...
Movie Review: ‘Soulmate’
Review by Adam Courtliff When a film gets unexpectedly pulled from its cinema release with no new date in sight before being dumped straight onto video on demand, it's usually a safe bet that it's going to be an unmitigated disaster. That is exactly what...
Movie Review: ‘Tony’
Review by Adam Courtliff The rise of biopics hitting the cinema has become hard to ignore, with each new release feeling more like a glorified tick-box exercise than a genuine attempt to delve into the lives of the people they are covering. Of course there...
Movie Review: ‘The Devil In The Flesh’
Review by James Lindorf Raymond Radiguet's 1923 French novel "Le Diable au corps" has been adapted for the screen before, most notably in a celebrated 1947 French film and an Australian version in 1989. Writer, director, cinematographer, and composer Oscar...
Movie Review: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Review by Adam Courtliff Marvel Cinematic Universe projects are like rollercoaster rides. Some are adrenaline-fuelled, rip-roaring experiences that leave you wanting more and never wanting to get off. Others are nausea-fuelled, whiplash-inducing ordeals that...
Movie Review: ‘WHAM! 10 Days In China’
Review by James Linorf In August and September of 1985, WHAM! played a sold-out stadium tour of America called Whamamerica!. What helped make that possible was ten days in China four months earlier. Don’t worry about losing Whamaggedon in July; the iconic...
Movie Review: ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’
Review by James Lindorf Lauren Montgomery has spent years working in animation, most notably directing several DC animated films, but "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender" is her most ambitious project to date. The film had its theatrical release on July 24th...
Movie Review: ‘Motor City’
Review by James Lindorf In 2009, Chad St. John’s screenplay for “Motor City” landed on the Black List, the annual collection of the most liked unproduced scripts in Hollywood. What followed was fifteen years of development cycles that cycled through Chris...
