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Behind The Scenes: Winona Ryder & Michael Lehmann On The Set Of HEATHERS

Off-kilter visuals and a discombobulating score help deliver an uneasy dream-like quality which added to Daniel Waters‘ warped script ensure that Michael Lehmann‘s Heathers is rightfully heralded as a cult classic. The 1988 film’s [...]

August 6, 2021

Review: THE COLUMNIST Is A Dutch Satire That Doesn’t Go Far Enough

The Columnist is a Dutch black comedy from director Ivo van Aart. It’s an enjoyable enough satirical thriller, which takes aim at social media platforms and the trolls lurking in their shadows. However, the film isn’t as dark or as [...]

March 21, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

In 2011 director Douglas Schulze unleashed Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The living Dead and remixed it. The plot saw a group of demented horror fans using the plot of Romero’s classic [...]

February 4, 2021

Blu-ray Review: A SIMPLE FAVOUR Is Stylish But Its Whiplash-inducing Tone Confuses

You’d be hard-pushed to call A Simple Favour a good film, but it’s a pretty entertaining one. The fatal flaw in Paul Feig’s comedy-thriller is its wildly uneven tone. Feig is aiming for a black comedy vibe (I’m guessing something like [...]

January 9, 2019

Review: Horror Sequel MIMESIS: NOSFERATU Takes A Bite Out Of A Horror Classic

October 7, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Winona Ryder And Christian Slater In HEATHERS

A beautifully dark teen black-comedy, Michael Lehmann’s Heathers still packs a sarcastic punch thirty years after it was first released. Daniel Waters’ warped script is molasses black and Winona Ryder and Christian Slater (doing his [...]

September 2, 2018