UnSane: Soderbergh’s mental state of independence…
Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) has recently moved to the big city and though she’s good at her day job as a financial analyst. But she seems to be a numbers … Read More
Category: DVD-BLURAY REVIEWS
Croft Extension: Latest ‘Tomb Raider’ just plunders past…
Lara Croft grew up on a vast estate with all the benefits that could offer – except a father who was consistently off on business-trips in the four corners of … Read More
‘I Kill Giants’: Tale of grief that quirks, rests and slays…
Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe) is not really a fan of people. She seems to be at constant odds with her siblings, has few friends and would much prefer to play … Read More
Annihilation: Smothered Nature is root of problem…
It’s been months since Lena (Natalie Portman) lost her husband Kane (Oscar Isaac) when he was apparently killed during a secret military mission. An ex-army soldier herself she always knew … Read More
Signs of the Time: ‘Ebbing’ is sacred and profane…
Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) daughter was murdered seven months ago. Not just murdered, but raped and burned and left on the side of a country road. The police haven’t found … Read More
Roar, the Beloved Country? ‘Panther’ pounces…
Forced to take the throne after the assassination of his father (during Captain America: Civil War), T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has the hard task of balancing the outward world’s view of … Read More
‘Please Stand By…’ for an away mission with heart…
Wendy Welcott (Dakota Fanning) is a young woman with emotional problems, living in a San Francisco community house run by the often over-worked but always caring Scottie (Toni Collette). Wendy … Read More
Winchester: Old school horror gets a realty check…
Compromised and soon-to-be-impoverished psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is beginning to wonder whether his own addictions may have been the downfall of an otherwise respected career but he is approached … Read More
Locking down the Insidious key to success… (DVD)
New Mexico, 1953, and a young Elise Rainier must cope with her ability to see the undead with the regular punishments her abusive father dishes out for each ‘transgression’. When … Read More
Ripping Yarn: ‘Limehouse Golem’ stages a bloody tale…
London in the late 1800s, a few years before Jack the Ripper will cut his way through the back-streets. But another monster is already there, apparently randomly murdering men, women … Read More
Graves Anatomy: ‘Flatliners’ is neither heaven nor hell…
Nearly a decade ago, Courtney (Ellen Page) lost her young sister in a car accident caused by Courtney being distracted by her cell phone. It’s an event for which she’s … Read More
‘Sound’ advice: Avoid this trick or trope ‘horror’…
Kelly Johansen (Rose McGowan) is a blogger who specialises in debunking the supernatural. As tech-smart as she is snarky, she uses sophisticated audio technology to spot possible causes and then … Read More
‘It Comes at Night’ arrives with dark chills…
In the middle of a deep forest, the home of Paul, Sarah and Travis remains largely boarded up, with only one secure way into the property, through a heavily-fortified red … Read More