The Art of Self-Defense – Review

2019. A year that ultimately comes as a grave predicament for all who are weary about the current climate of our society. With politics becoming more gross and inflated, with irresponsible men at the core of the problem, the toxic relations and actions they emit have frankly caused more bad than good. Especially with the […]

Little Monsters – Fantasia 2019 Review

Ever since the start of the Cold War, when high stakes nuclear warfare and psychological tensions were on the rise, a new kind of monster entered the stratosphere of horrific pop culture. We’ve all heard of the living dead, zombies as we would regularly call them; jelly-fish like humanoids with one sole purpose – to […]

Paradise Hills – Fantasia 2019 Review

Out of all the things in the world that could have reminded me of the new young adult dystopian sci-fi flick Paradise Hills; it wasn’t The Handmaid’s Tale, nor Verbinski’s A Cure for Wellness, or even the Oscar Nominated Turkish film Mustang for that matter. Out of anything that I could have associated with Alice […]

Vivarium – Fantasia 2019 Review

In the opening titles of Lorcan Finnegan’s latest sophomore feature, we see a sudden slow-motion montage of a newborn flightless bare-feathered creature plummeting to its death. As it steps out of the comfort of his mother’s nest, the bird lands face forward onto the cold hard ground; dead. In dark red letters, we see the […]

The Lion King (2019) – Review

Yes, I enjoyed the remake of The Lion King. No, I am not an evil monster who takes pleasure in killing cinema, nor have been paid extravagant amounts of cash by the Walt Disney Corporation to make that statement. Truth be told, it’s one of the more harmless remakes they’ve done; nothing more (and nothing […]

Good Boys – Review

Good Boys is the directorial debut from Gene Stupnitsky which stars Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon and Keith L Williams. The movie revolves around three sixth graders who are invited to a party. Not knowing how to kiss, these kids set out how to operate and socialize in a party setting, which sets them on a […]

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love – Review

In the grand fashion of documentaries such as Amy, or even Roger Ebert’s Life Itself, Nick Broomfield’s latest feature continues the tradition of reincarnating legendary artists, onto the silver screen. This time around, Broomfield and co, with the help of the BBC, managed to pull of an extraordinary feat of romantic cinema; a portal to […]