Kosuke Nakahama’s feature directing debut B|B is a short, strange, and utterly vivid concoction, one that rockets along for 77 minutes with a pace akin to getting strafed with machine gun fire. It is Nakahama’s graduate film project, and that shows through … Continue reading REVIEW: B|B (2020)
When Jaws was an unprecedented commercial success in 1975, it inspired every enterprising independent producer to make their own version to profit from the original’s success. I recently watched Michael Anderson’s 1977 film Orca, likely the most successful and well-remembered of these derivative … Continue reading REVIEW: Tentacles (1977)
Danish couple Bjørn and Louise travel on vacation with their daughter Agnes to Tuscany. There they meet a Dutch family – Patrick, Karin, and son Abel – and immediately hit it off. Once back at home, they receive an invitation … Continue reading REVIEW: Speak No Evil (2022)
There was a time, about 20 years ago, when M. Night Shyamalan was the hottest name in Hollywood thanks to a run of inventive original thrillers. The Sixth Sense shot the writer/director into the stratosphere with critics and audiences, and he found … Continue reading REVIEW: Nope (2022)
18 year-old Blanquita (Laura López) has lived her short life in and out of shelters and group homes. A victim of child sex trafficking, she is finally in a position to testify against one of Chile’s most powerful politicians. With … Continue reading REVIEW: Blanquita (2022)
There has not been a single verified fatal attack on a human being by a killer whale in the wild. It is worth noting this from the outset, since if this is true in 2022 it stands to reason it … Continue reading REVIEW: Orca (1977)
If Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s widely celebrated thriller Psycho (1960) is not one of the most unfairly maligned features of its decade, then it must surely one of the least-well understood. I was an enthused fan … Continue reading REVIEW: Psycho (1998)
On the island of Shishikari, the local economy has been floundering due to an ageing population. Its one hope is farmer Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara), whose popular black figs have placed the island in line for a five billion yen … Continue reading REVIEW: Noise (2022)
Karen McCann (Sally Field) has her life thrown into disarray when her 17 year-old daughter is raped and murdered. Delivery man Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested for the crime, but an evidence mishap sees all charges dismissed, and Doob … Continue reading REVIEW: Eye for an Eye (1996)
“Pilot” In 1996 a plane crashes somewhere in the North American wilderness, isolating the survivors – a high school girls soccer team – for 19 months. In 2021 members of the team are now in their 40s, and it seems … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Yellowjackets 1.01
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