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THE DIVIDE (2011)
Xavier Gens’ (Frontier(s), Hitman) end of the world film The Divide firmly draws the line between good and bad and then lets the bad fester away till there is no good left. It is nothing new for a Xavier Gens…
THE DAY (2011)
A low budget, Canadian post-apocalyptic horror directed by Douglas Aarniokoski, The Day stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominic Monaghan & Cory Hardrict as a group of survivors forced to defend themselves from a tribe of cannibals.
A QUIET PLACE (2018)
John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” is a nerve-shredder. It’s a movie designed to make you an active participant in a game of tension, not just a passive observer in an unfolding horror.
GREEN ROOM (2015)
Punk rock thriller “Green Room” focuses more on the intensity fostered by live punk music than it does the actual sound and feeling of being at a punk show. Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin”) explains/apologizes for his general approach to the punk scene in…
THE ROAD (2009)
Note: I first saw “The Road” in September at the Toronto Film Festival, as one of eight films I saw in three days. I wrote a draft of a review at the time and sent it. That review accidentally found its…
Looking back at Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys
Terry Gilliam followed up 1991‘s The Fisher King with the even more successful sci-fi, Twelve Monkeys. Andrew takes a look back at a 90s classic… After 1991’s The Fisher King proved to be a relatively easy production and comfortably made its budget…
‘Bird Box’: Review
Susanne Bier’s dystopian drama for Netflix stars Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich The end of the world is plagued with a sense of déjà vu in Bird Box, a familiar dystopian thriller somewhat redeemed by Sandra Bullock’s emotional performance. Oscar-winning director…
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015)
When I wrote this review 3 years ago I had no idea how many people hate this movie and they are preferring Mad Max 3 over this film. Claming Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome the third film is better film than…
It Comes at Night Is a Slow-burning, Nerve-racking Horror Film
In Trey Edward Shults’s first feature, the remarkable 2016 home-for-Thanksgiving psychodrama Krisha, members of his own family played roles in the story of a barely recovered alcoholic woman who returns to the fold — only to succumb again and bring on chaos…