Director and co-writer Peter Ricq (alongside Phil Ivanusic and Davila LeBlanc) have constructed the sort of depraved little B-movie that’s ideal for late night showings designed primarily towards forgivable genre fans who crave considerably splatter, the odd quotable quip (my fave was probably “I think that if the blood’s black, there’s no going back!”), a […]
Year: 2017
Bitch – VIFF 2017 Review
“I feel like I can’t breathe,” imparts desperate housewife Jill (Marianna Palka, who also wrote and directed the film) to her perpetually distracted and utterly assholish husband, Bill (Jason Ritter), in an early scene in the biting new comic drama, Bitch. Palka takes pains and considerable risks with this often confrontational piss-take on the patriarchy, […]
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10 Great Movies Ruined By One Scene
Films in general are essentially a grandiose sum of all its parts, a combination of beats upon beats that result in a short experience that transports audiences deep into world of the filmmaker. When a filmmaker puts his heart and soul into every scene of a film, the final product would undeniably be something fantastic. […]
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The 10 Most Influential Sci-fi Movies of All Time
Fiction is one of the most powerful inventions in human history. Humanity’s ability to create out of whole cloth entire separate realities and worlds that function either on the rules of our own reality or one constructed on separate complex rules has introduced the world to concepts that would otherwise never have existed. This has […]
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10 Famous Movie Adaptations Hated By The Authors
Many authors dream of that moment when Hollywood comes calling. But for a multitude of reasons, an author’s work cannot always be adapted to the letter. The creative licence used when it comes to adaptations is often praised by those responsible for the source material. However, there are times when this is not the case, […]
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All 17 Oscar Best Cinematography Winners of the 21st Century Ranked from Worst to Best
Cinematography is the aspect of filmmaking most unique to the medium. The camera has a relation to the spectator as well as what is being filmed; it’s the bare bones of the genuine language of cinema. The Academy Awards have honored films of beauty that deserved a golden statue in our millennia, while, as with […]