Star-studded erotic thrillers have long been out of fashion. Perhaps this is due to the viewer being more desensitized to sexual content. The stuff you see on your regular HBO show is often far more …
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Don’t let its title fool you, 2022’s No Exit is not a modern adaptation of Sartre’s misanthropic play with the same name. It might open with a direct reference to the Myth of Sysiphus, but …
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‘Beckett’: John David Washington Excels as He Goes Through Hell and Back
You would imagine a holiday in Europe to be serene, joyful even, especially when said holiday happens in Greece. Your mind would go to the ecstatic bliss of song and dance in the Mamma Mia! …
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There’s No Saving ‘The Woman in the Window’
by Jack Edgarby Jack EdgarAs I’m sitting at my laptop writing this review, I’m drinking a glass of red wine — partly inspired by The Woman in the Window’s central protagonist Anna Fox, and partly driven to drink by …
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‘Oxygen’: A Stylish Sci-Fi Thriller With an Emotional Core That Ultimately Struggles for Air
A woman wakes up in a cramped cryogenic pod. She can’t remember who she is or how she got there and as the pod’s AI matter-of-factly informs her, she’s fast running out of oxygen. Alexandre …
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‘Red Dot’ Is Only Watchable Under Very Specific Circumstances
by Ingridjeby IngridjeWell, it couldn’t last forever, could it? Week after week, I have been able to watch and review some splendid movies on this very site. Unfortunately, Red Dot is not one of them. In fact, …
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‘The Devil All The Time’ Has All the Star Power, Not Enough Shine
by Anna Campionby Anna CampionIt is rare that I am pleasantly surprised by a movie, especially a Netflix movie. Especially a Netflix movie that so far, has been deemed mediocre by critics and fans alike. Especially an allegedly unimpressive …
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‘Unknown Origins’ Needs More Courage in Its Convictions
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorUnknown Origins, David Galan Galindo‘s first solo feature as director (he previously helmed one of the sections of portmanteau film Al Final Todos Mueren) brings the world of comic book fandom to the serial killer genre …
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‘Fatal Affair’ is the Worst Kind of Bad Movie. It’s Just Plain Boring.
by Nick Kushby Nick KushFatal Affair debuted at #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 feature last weekend. It’s also the latest in a long line of baffling movies to appear on the streaming giant’s puzzling feature. Sure, Da 5 Bloods, …
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Why ‘Mrs. Serial Killer’ is This Year’s Worst Movie (So Far)
by Ingridjeby IngridjeThree days. It took me three days to finish watching Mrs. Serial Killer. What torture! And it will be even bigger torture not to write anything mean about Mrs. Serial Killer. Frankly, I don’t think …
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‘The Silence of the Marsh’: When Atmosphere Takes Over
by Ingridjeby IngridjeWhen I came to live in Spain two years ago, I knew exactly three directors of my new home country. They are Alex de la Iglesia, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro Aménabar. Moreover, I was acquainted …
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‘The Legacy Of The Bones’ Continues the Baztan Trilogy with Skill and Precision
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorThe Baztan Trilogy by Dolores Redondo has sold over a million copies worldwide and has been translated into 31 languages so far. It was inevitable the three stories would be adapted for TV or film. …
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When it comes to Canadian directors, I am almost ashamed to say that I only know two of them. First, there is Denys Arcand whose Les Invasions Barbares deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Foreign …
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The Muddled Messaging of ‘The Platform’
by Nick Kushby Nick KushThe Platform often returns to a somewhat meta retort shared by the main character, Goreng (played by Ivan Massagué, who looks like a Spanish John Turturro), and his prison cellmate, Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor, the perfect …
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Netflix’s ‘The Occupant’ is an Uncommonly Intelligent, Gripping Thriller
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorAfter last week’s The Platform, Netflix continues something of a roll for Spanish releases with David and Àlex Pastor’s The Occupant, a viscerally dark meditation on masculinity and status in an increasingly precarious world. (And …
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‘Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City’ Translates Into a Below Average Neo-Noir
Daniel Calparsoro’s Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2020) is a Spanish thriller on Netflix, and so it was composed with the World Wide Web in mind for its target demographic. However, this is …
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‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ is an Unfocused Mess with Its Heart in the Right Place
The Iran-Contra affair is just one of the many dark elements of Reagan’s presidency. While The Gipper’s supporters perceived him as a warm and benevolent figure, his presidential reign was merciless on unions, the LGBTQ community, HIV-sufferers, or …
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Film Review – The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorNetflix can be a new route for films to reach an audience, a new distributor for good work that might not have the commercial pull to reach a deserved level of people in cinemas. Too …
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Film Review – Point Blank (2019)
by Cammy Maddenby Cammy MaddenI’ve always been a fan of action-thrillers that involve corrupt cops. From Filth and Lakeview Terrace to Training Day and The Departed. The trailer for Point Blank suggests that it will follow the budding bromance …
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Film Review – Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
by Nick Kushby Nick KushI finally settled a personal vendetta by sitting down to watch Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. I grew increasingly frustrated after striking out on three screenings of the film at Sundance back in January, …
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When you come across a movie with a $2-$3 million budget in the United States, you would expect it to be something that A24 spits out that has actors you’ve never seen before in an …
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Jeremy Saulnier has made a name for himself as a genre filmmaker with quality films such as Blue Ruin and Green Room among others, and he’s brought his talents to Netflix (of course) for his latest directorial effort Hold the …