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The Iron Mask (2019) Film Review
The sequel to 2014 film Viy, The Iron Mask (also known as Viy 2: Journey to China) sees Jason Flemyng reprise his role as explorer Jonathan Green. Set in the early 1700s, the film follows Green as he goes on an action-packed adventure from…
Vivarium (2020) – Film Review
What a difference six months makes. When Vivarium screened at the London Film Festival in October 2019 it was favourably compared to the likes of Black Mirror. Fast forward to April 2020 and just like the best episodes of that show, truth…
Clemency (2020) Film Review
Writer-director Chinonye Chukwu creatively establishes a totally distinctive brand of somber female empowerment in a penetrating character study of professional disconnect and consciousness. Chukwu's ("alaskaLand", "A Long Walk") piercing…
The Captain (2020) Film Review
The cinematic inspiration for the real-life ominous May 2018 Sichuan Airlines flight 8633 is depicted so effectively in filmmaker Andrew Lau's hair-raising, high-in-the-sky action thriller The Captain. A notable cross between Clint…
Stray (2020) Film Review
Writer-director Dustin Feneley's impressive feature debut Stray is simply contemplative and resoundingly lyrical in representing two kinds of nature set against one another: pained human nature and the Great Outdoors joined at the…
Banana Split (2020) Film Review
Independent teen girl-bonding films have certainly come a long way in terms of its mature outlook and the aspects of a foundational relationship that conveys such noted bonds of affection. Throughout the last couple of years or so serious…
Onward (2020) Film Review
Onward is another ambitious family-friendly entertainment to emerge out of the Pixar/Disney animation studio and it certainly has a lot to say about these current times of cynicism. From a brotherly tandem dealing with daddy-related issues…
To Your Last Death (2020) Film Review
What do you get if you combine the repetition of Groundhog Day with the blood, guts and gore of Attack on Titan? You get To Your Last Death; an American animated action-horror feature that puts a dramatic and entertaining twist on the…
Loqueesha (2019) Film Review
As with other yearly movie seasons, summertime 2019 was no different in terms of serving up interminable entertainment that actively tests our patience, intelligence, and appreciation for cockeyed comedies. Indeed, comedian Jeremy Saville…
Bloodshot (2020) Film Review
NEWSFLASH: Vin Diesel is in an action thriller that does not require him to be fast or furious with the gear shift while burning rubber on the cluttered streets. However, Diesel is powered as a modified machine-like assassin in the…