Category: Film

Relentlessly Fun Video Game Action with HARDCORE HENRY

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Adventure, Film, First Person Shooter, Ilya Naishuller, Sci-Fi, Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth1 Comment

A first-person shooter inside an action film inside a sci-fi story inside a whole lot of fun.

MISERY’s Annie Wilkes is The Rotten Heart of Fandom

On By C.H. NewellIn 1990, Crime, Drama, Film, Horror, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Novel, Rob Reiner, Stephen King, Thriller, William GoldmanLeave a comment

Annie Wilkes is the brutality of modern fandom, long before Twitter.

Get Swallowed Whole by Terror in THE BORDERLANDS

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Film, Found Footage, Horror, Mystery, ReligionLeave a comment

Terrifying religious-themed found footage brings us into a nightmarish investigation that will lead somewhere entirely unexpected.

RESOLUTION Questions Our Cinematic Participation in Murder

On By C.H. NewellIn Aaron Moorhead, Bill Oberst Jr., Film, Horror, Independent Film, Justin Benson, Mystery, Peter Cilella, Thriller, Vinny CurranLeave a comment

An indie that asks us at times uncomfortable questions about our participation in the process of murder on film.

Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND: This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain Under Repression

On By C.H. NewellIn 2010, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Lehane, Film, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Scorsese & Lehane together as one? That's how you get a spooky, mind-bending thriller like SHUTTER ISLAND.

Bleeder Draws a Violent Line in the Sand Between Film and Reality

On By C.H. NewellIn 1999, Crime, Danish Film, Drama, Film, Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Winding Refn, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRxuAZxNbw Bleeder. 1999. Directed & Written by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen, Levino Jensen, & Zlatko Buric. Kamikaze. Not Rated. 98 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★ People who frequent this site will now be sick of my love for Nicolas Winding Refn. He divides people. Nowadays, some of his …

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For My Brother is a Harrowing, Honest Perspective on Systemic Child Abuse

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Brian Bang, Child Abuse, Danish Film, Drama, Elias Munk, Film3 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgBh2PuDHs For Min Brors Skyld (English title: For My Brother). 2014. Directed & Written by Brian Bang. Starring Elias Munk, Christopher Friis Jensen, Allan Karlsen, Frank Schiellerup, Oliver Bjørnholdt Spottag, Tina Nørby, Frederik Ingemann Brandt, Lara León, Marie Louise Lund Jensen, Kit Langberg Rasmussen, William Gaarde, Robin Koch, Oliver Skou, Dorte Evalyn Evon, & Tobias Hyttel. Bang …

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Violent Segregation and Cartoon Heart in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

On By C.H. NewellIn Animation, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Comedy, Crime, Film, Film Noir, Robert ZemeckisLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNqYC_jNAg Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 1988. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter Seaman; based on the novel Who Censored Robert Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Richard LeParmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer, Richard Ridings, Edwin …

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