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Underworld Chronicles (1996-2002) Three Films, One Filmmaker, Zero Rules – Takashi Miike
Hard Boiled 4K (1992) Where John Woo pushed action cinema to its extreme
Long Live the Republic! (1965): World War II through the eyes of a Czech Fellini
Redoubt (2026) Turning Video Art Into A Visually Compelling Feature
Haunters of the Silence (2025) A lo‑fi plunge into the uncanny space between dreaming and waking
Excalibur (1981) Boorman’s bold, mystical retelling of Arthurian legend
The Devil’s Hand (1943): A dark wartime parable
Dead Lover (2026): An Unhinged and Colourful Take on Frankenstein

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Jake Kazanis

Essex Boy, Gus Van Sant loyalist, Shyamalan truther, gets unreasonably sad if I don't watch a film every day.
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The Exorcism (2024) Russell Crowe Goes Method in Meta-horror Mix-up (Review)

Jake Kazanis 20/06/2024
The Exorcism (2024) Russell Crowe Goes Method in Meta-horror Mix-up (Review)

Let’s get the obvious out the way first; no, The Exorcism has no connection to The Pope’s Exorcist, the uniformly-titled occult horror released only last year where Russell Crowe played an exorcist and also shares a near identical poster. In fact, this uncanny case of cinematic deja-vu is one of […]

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The Moor (2024) – Thick in atmosphere, thin on character (Review)

Jake Kazanis 14/06/2024
The Moor (2024) – Thick in atmosphere, thin on character (Review)

The Moor is the debut feature-film from Chris Cronin, and it stays true to the UK’s rich history of regional folk horror while making damn sure to get the most out of the locality it’s named after – specifically Yorkshire. Horror has a long history rooted in the area, from […]

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Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) Superior Splatterfest Still Misses the Punchline (Review)

Jake Kazanis 06/06/2024
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) Superior Splatterfest Still Misses the Punchline (Review)

Have you heard that joke levelled at films that take a funny, novel premise and stretch it out far beyond the life cycle of the gag that goes ‘This is why SNL sketches are five minutes long’? Few films have ever earned that jab more than Winnie the Pooh: Blood […]

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