Has anyone else noticed that stories about the Trump presidency are beginning to sound more like stories from Game of Thrones that didn’t make the cut? Adding to the whirlwinds of controversy surrounding The Don of the U.S. government is Unhinged – a new tell-all book by former Trump aide […]
Month: September 2018
Salvador (1986) Fear & Loathing in Central America (Review)
Between 1980 and 1992, El Salvador was ravaged by a civil war between left-wing guerrilla groups and a right-wing military administration supported by the US government of the newly elected president, Ronald Reagan. Fearful that left-wing prominence would ensure the spread of Communism into North America, Reaganite foreign policy sanctioned […]
S15E25 – This Banana Milkshake Is Lovely
The Geek Show returns for another go on the science and technology silly-go-round, and this time Producer Rob has been joined by the prodigal Andy. So what’s on the cards this week? Well, we’ve got grief counselling for Avengers: Infinity War, complaints about star names and ownership, monetising copyright piracy, […]
A Series Of Unfortunate Events Season 1: Classic Film Kid
Revenge (2017): a haunting subversion of rape-revenge tropes (Review)
Bad Samaritan (2018) and the sin of being entertaining (Review)
With the democratisation of filmmaking and the move to digital distribution, something refreshing is happening with American cinema. There has been a slow crawl away from New York and Los Angeles and out into ‘real America’. Dean Devlin in his follow up to Geostorm, Bad Samaritan sets events in Portland, Oregon. […]
