Colds and flu are not the only reasons why we should try to improve our natural protection. Simply put, a well-functioning immune system helps us survive. A traditionally healthy lifestyle with adequate intake of vitamins and minerals is emphasized as…
How to choose a scope for your rifle?
Everyone who has ever played a computer game or watched a movie, probably knows that the indispensable attribute of a sniper is a rifle with a telescopic scope, and a SWAT soldier is unthinkable in battle without a gun with…
What are the chances of winning an online casino?
Most of us are used to thinking that there is simply no chance of success in online casinos. But is it really so? In the world there are a relatively small number of professional players who have learned to make…
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…