by Sarah Cook British director Clio Bernard’s previous works have been near-perfect depictions of human life across the United Kingdom. Part-drama and part-documentary The Arbor tackled a playwrights return to the council estate in which she grew up whilst The Selfish Giant looked at a young boy’s relationship with a stallion. With Ali & Ava, Bernard tackles a romance that is every bit as … Continue reading Ali & Ava – Review
by Jordan KingIn his preface to the seminal graphic novel, Batman: Year One, Frank Miller shared with readers his own first experience with the Caped Crusader as a young boy. A stark contrast to the campy, quip-filled Adam West and Burt Ward adventures that lit up TV screens in the 60s, the Batman Miller found wasn’t funny at all. He existed in a rain-sodden Gotham … Continue reading The Batman – Review
by Thomas Harris There’s a five-minute sequence in Jackass Forever that exists almost entirely as if to argue the resilience of the penis. Ehren McGhehey – the whipping boy of whipping boys – tests a cup against a series of ever-escalating situations. Prior to this, Chris Pontius – a man with whom his penis is indelibly attached to his onscreen persona – gets his member … Continue reading Jackass Forever -Review
by Chris Connor Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most singular voices working today having won a legion of fans globally and won numerous accolades including two Oscar wins. He is noted for his distinctive use of colours and tackling a range of topics but often with a focus on women, sexuality and motherhood. His latest film Parallel Mothers is his first since the hugely … Continue reading Parallel Mothers – Review
by Sarah Cook Scream is of the most successful horror franchises of all time. The series promises a meta-commentary on horror whilst also providing an incredible slasher with gore, suspense, and twists. The 1997 flick has now spawned four sequels and, it seems, shows no time of stopping any time soon. The first film to not be directed by Wes Craven – who sadly passed … Continue reading Scream – Review
by Sarah Cook When people talk about the Scream franchise, they often forget about the television series. There’s a lot of reasons why: the tiresome nostalgia aspect of revisiting material done better in the movies, eking out a slasher whodunit over several episodes, and, ultimately, changing the mask from this: to this: Yikes. Anyway, the Scream television series is often neglected and probably has been … Continue reading Road to Woodsboro: You Must Watch…Scream (TV Series)
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