It is a film about the abuse of a young girl by people in positions of power and the cover-up this corruptible high society instigate to ensure they are never held to account for the crime they have committed. It is a film that concludes with the answers being found […]
Month: December 2017
Keyframe 99 – Scrooge McDuck’s Human Trafficking Operation
Shocking revelations abound this week! First we discover that Batman is actually a ninja in the trailer for the cunningly titled animated film Batman Ninja. After that we’re left positively thunderstruck by Akira Toriyama’s claim that Saiyans need S-cells to become super. All together now … MIDICHLORIANS! It’s enough to […]
4-Panel 120 – Meaty Slabs of Beef
The Cremator (1968) an absolute essential to watch for all Czech New Wave Fans (Review)
S15E09 – A Red Sock and Two Bills
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) a deliciously stylish melodramatic Occult Hammer Horror (Review)
It’s nearly Christmas, so let us think of those less fortunate than us: specifically, the Mummy. Even before this summer’s Tom Cruise-led flop, ol’ bandage face had a chequered screen history. The 1932 Universal feature had Boris Karloff in front of the camera, Karl Freund behind and a certain topicality […]
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976) The arty yet exploitative end of the video nasties list (Review)
Newly released as a stand-alone Blu-Ray by Arrow, The Witch Who Came From the Sea was previously part of Arrow’s American Horror Project Vol. 1 along with Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood and The Premonition. It’s a much less comfortable fit within the horror genre than those two films, displaying a mix […]
Keyframe 98 – Gundam’s Glorious Jazz Hole
4-Panel 119 – So Much Blood
It’s time for another heaped spoonful of comics and manga with Andrew, Rob and Mick. So the big news this week is the release of the first official trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, and the “accidental” (but technically totally on-purpose), racism from Marvel’s new Editor-in-Chief (silly boy). After that we […]
Literary Loitering 78 – Lie Back and Think of Kierkegaard
Get your ballet dancers and rollercoasters ready because it’s the most wonderful time of the year, and as always the nominations for Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction award deliver. After that exciting opening (pun very much intended), it’s a veritable cavalcade of oddities including Sean Penn’s unknown author, Scrabble […]