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Uncovering Curiosities: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE

Ben Wheatley’s 2016 film, Free Fire is a black comedy action film and an energetic piece of high-octane cinematic acid jazz. It’s a tightly scripted, smartly executed, perfectly cast actioner that’s as witty as it is violent. This is [...]

December 29, 2021

Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR Proves That Horror Is A Serious Business

Writer/director Ari Aster’s Midsommar is a mind-bending, genre-defying piece of cinema. Yes, superficially the 2019 release has all the traits of a horror film, but Aster’s movie is much more than that (I won’t use the phrase [...]

July 5, 2020

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: SUSPIRIA, SKINNER, THE DARK HALF, MIDSOMMAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS & THE QUEST

This time around: Dakota Johnson feels like dancing in the remake of Suspiria, Ted Raimi is Skinner, Stephen King and George A. Romero tackle The Dark Half, we learn that Godzilla is King of The Monsters, Florence Pugh gets caught-up in a [...]

October 21, 2019

Review: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Is Absolutely Amazing!

Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is an energetic piece of high-octane cinematic acid jazz. It’s a tightly scripted, smartly executed, perfectly cast actioner that’s as witty as it is violent. This is Wheatley’s most entertaining flick yet, an [...]

March 14, 2017

Take Cover: The Trailer For Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Hits Hard

Ben Wheatley is putting together one curious filmography. I’ll admit to being disappointed by his recent High-Rise (read the Movies In Focus review) but Free Fire looks like an interesting proposition. However, I think this trailer for the Martin [...]

September 10, 2016

Lacklustre Final Three Actors For Young HAN SOLO

Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Reynor and Taron Egerton are allegedly/potentially/likely on Disney/Lucasfilm’s shortlist to play Han Solo in a new Star Wars prequel. The three apparently screen tested in London last week, but there may still be others [...]

March 16, 2016

The Search Is On: 2,500 Actors Vie To Replace Harrison Ford As Han Solo In STAR WARS Prequel

We all know that a Young Han Solo movie is a bad idea. It’s going to happen, so you’d better make your peace with it. The Hollywood Reporter has…errr…reported that 2,500 actors have met with casting director Jeanne McCarthy or put [...]

December 2, 2015