All posts by Guy Pullen
Hereditary: another horror hit from A24
A24 has had a lot of success releasing smart, interesting genre films that differ from the usual offerings of other, bigger studios. They have done particularly well in the horror/thriller […]
Why the Suspiria remake may flop, and why it doesn’t matter
The first teaser trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria remake was released last week, and the response has been largely positive. Remakes, especially horror remakes, often fail critically and commercially and […]
Jurrasic World: Fallen Kindom – A Floundering Franchise?
The Jurassic Park franchise has been on a rough journey ever since the first film. Steven Spielberg’s original was a classic, ground-breaking film, but his follow-up The Lost World was […]
Kangaroo – A Savage Look At the Controversial Icon
Kangaroo – A Love-Hate Story has sparked massive controversy in Australia and globally – this is to no surprise; it is an incendiary, provocative, and unremittingly bare look at the […]
Aimless Days: 4 Films to Check Out
For most of us, we are very close to finishing, or have finished, this academic year at university. With the end of this high-stress exam period you are likely to […]
Deadpool 2: Exciting and Aimless
To say that 2016’s Deadpool was a surprise success is an understatement. A first-time director, development hell, years of attempted executive meddling, a lead actor who had never been in […]
Breaking In: A Tired Re-Tread of The Home Invasion
After V for Vendetta was a hit with critics and audiences, one would think that director James McTeigue was destined to have a strong career. Alas, it appears that he […]
A Cambodian Spring- Revealing An Underlying Corruption
Far removed from the ancient temples, ruins, and jungles that millions of tourists flee to every year, A Cambodian Spring details an epic protest staged by the community of Boeung […]
Rumble: A spiritual exploration of Native American’s musical influence.
In her introduction to Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World at the Canada Now film festival, director Catherine Bainbridge was succinct but passionately claimed that ‘music has the ability […]