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Shitfest 2015: Australia (2008)
Shitfest is here! My favourite celebration of terrible, horrible, no good films is finally here for everyone to enjoy. I chose to review a little film called Australia (2008), which was really not very good at all. Viva la Shitfest!
January 2015 Favourites
Welcome to 2015, everybody! I hope everyone had an amazing January and is getting to work on their New Year’s resolutions. I haven’t gotten anywhere to be honest (also known as, I still haven’t seen Interstellar), but there’s always the next eleven months to fix that. In the mean time, here are some of my […]
Finding Vivian Maier (2013): “In death she is getting the fame she never had in life.”
Imagine finding a huge stash of undeveloped photo negatives with very mysterious origins. What would you do? In Finding Vivian Maier (2013), director John Maloof tells of how he discovered thousands of negatives shot by the secretive hoarder Vivian Maier – a nanny, a self-proclaimed spy, and all-around intriguing personality – and documents the process […]
Genre Grandeur: The 39 Steps (1935)
Originally posted on MovieRob:
For the next review for this month’s Genre Grandeur – British Thrillers, here’s a review from Anna of Film Grimoire of the British Thriller – The 39 Steps (1935) Thanks again to Emma from Emmakwall.com for choosing this month’s genre Next month’s Genre, chosen by Justine of Justine’s movie blog is…
Two Short Films: This Is It (2014); Odile et Michel (2014).
Recently I had the chance to watch two short films that both played on their use of language in different ways, and thought I might group them together for a post. There’s nothing better than a short film that is entirely surprising in the way it handles its communication of story and ideas, and these […]
Resolutions 2015: The Artist (2011)
Originally posted on Silver Screen Serenade:
TGIF, sweet readers! I tell you what, MLK Day off or no, it’s been a long one. I hope you guys have had a less crazy week than I have! One constant that I have been all too happy to devote some attention to these last few weeks is…
Ten Things I Love About HBO’s ‘Rome’
I’ve been a bit slow on the film reviewing front because I’ve been really enjoying getting stuck into a new television show (at least, it’s new to me). I’m currently watching season one of HBO’s Rome and am absolutely loving it for a number of reasons. Ten main ones, to be exact. If you’re unaware […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Nightcrawler (2014)
This review will be shorter than usual, because you need to see this film immediately. Nightcrawler (2014, dir. Dan Gilroy) is a creepy and atmospheric portrait of pathological obsession and questionable ethics. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis “Lou” Bloom, a young man who is looking for a job. When he stumbles upon the fast paced lifestyle […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: Whiplash (2014)
This film is receiving quite a lot of Oscars buzz, and rightly so. Directed by Damien Gizelle, Whiplash (2014) is a fast paced example of the perfect cinematic mix between excitement and frustration. Whiplash tells the story of Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), who has dreams of becoming the best drummer in the world. One day […]
Thoughts on… The Giver (2014)
Probably one of the more forgettable book-to-film translations of the young adult literature future dystopia subgenre, The Giver (2014, dir. Phillip Noyce) tells of a future society without colour, conflict, or personal identity; a monochromatic Nineteen Eighty Four-type arrangement where each member of society is assigned a job and a singular purpose for life, at age […]
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