Roger Ebert famously wrote that cinema is an empathy machine, a medium that can present the position of those you have little in common with and allow you to relate to them. She Said is a story that takes the position of women and makes it entirely relatable for a male […]
Movies & Documentaries
The Witch Part 2: The Other One (2022) Korean Superpowered Franchise, reheated (VOD review)
In July 2006 the South Korean government, in a trade agreement with the United States of America, halved the number of days dedicated to South Korean films being shown in their own domestic market. This went from 146 days to just 73. This had a significant impact on the types […]
Reservoir Dogs (1992) Surprisingly Emotional and Effortlessly Cool Crime Classic (Blu-Ray Review)
CONTAINS SPOILERS Hello Geek Show, and welcome once again! Today I’m looking at another recent re-release on Blu-Ray, but instead of an underappreciated historical gem or unearthed Japanese monster movies from the 50s, it’s a much more widely-known film, generally accepted to be a classic. It’s Quentin Tarantino’s first feature […]
The Dead And The Deadly (1982) Sammo is on fine supernatural form (Blu-Ray Review)
The Dead And The Deadly is a horror comedy directed by and starring the legendary Hong Kong stalwart Wu Ma. Alongside martial arts heroes Sammo Hung (Dragons Forever, Eastern Condors) and Lam Ching-Ying (Mr Vampire, Magic Cop) Ma stars as a man who fakes his own death in order to […]
The Runner (2021) The Ideal Actors Showcase (VOD review)
Independent film is full of people from other professions in the creative industries taking a turn behind the camera. Stunt men, visual effects artists, action choreographers, cinematographers, and stand-up comedians have and continue to make the leaps necessary to direct. With her latest directorial project, The Runner, Michelle Danner is […]
Son of the White Mare (1981): a one-man mission to demonstrate animation’s possibilities (Review)
If Eureka Masters of Cinema’s new Blu-Ray release just contained Marcell Jankovics’s 1981 film Son of the White Mare, that would be enough for an unqualified recommendation. Revered in his native Hungary after making the nation’s first animated feature – of which more later – Jankovics’s work has not always […]
Most Horrible Things (2022) The curse of indie horror marketing (VOD review)
Most Horrible Things is the directorial debut of Hiroshi Katagari, and it tells the story of six young strangers who are invited to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. An exclusive dinner party hosted by a charming and enigmatic host on the most romantic night of the year, Valentine’s Day – having nothing […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) The Social & Political Consciousness of the MCU (Cinema Review)
Modern science knows more about the surface of the moon than the ocean. It is perhaps therefore fitting that after many excursions through space, it is the thirtieth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that ventures into the deep. Furthermore, Ryan Coogler’s follow-up to the 2018 groundbreaking, box office conquering, […]
Dear Zoe (2022) Sadie Sink and the humanity beyond Cliche (VOD Review)
The voiceover is a tricky cinematic device. It can be overused and feel both clumsy and obvious; or appear as a heavy-handed technique at the beginning and end of the film to explain what the audience should feel. If used precisely, it helps draw the viewer into the world of […]
Count Yorga Collection (1970-71) lacks the bite to compete with other vampire offerings (Blu-Ray Review)
In the blurb for this collection, we learn that “Count Yorga, Vampire” was among the first to successfully transpose the classic vampire, cloak and all, to a modern-day setting as the Count – played unforgettably by Robert Quarry – arrives in the United States and settles in a Southern California […]