Category: Film & Television

Skoonheid (Beauty)

This article can also be found at The Yorker, here.I’m all for more queer-themed films. Not just because I’m one of those filthy heathen LGBTQ types, but because there’s scope for more stories to be told than common blockbuster archetypes; or failing …

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Film Review: Les Adoptés (The Adopted)

©Studio Canal My media consumption is largely starved of quality Human Drama – partially because I’m a fan of psychological/horror, partially because a lot of my media consumption is in video games, and they tend not to handle emotional narrative too well. …

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Ugly on the inside: Girl Model review

This review can be found at The Yorker, here. I would say it’s relatively common knowledge that the fashion advertising industry is toxic. In addition to all the body-shaming and the increasingly unrealistic and creepy ‘standards’ of beauty, you don’t even need …

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Not quite psychological warfare: Safe House review

This review can also be found at The Yorker, here. Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is an ex-CIA agent who’s widely respected and somewhat feared by intelligence agencies worldwide for two reasons. Firstly, he’s a psychological genius; secondly, he makes a living stealing …

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Desert Living: Bombay Beach Review

This review can be found at The Yorker, here. Living in poverty is trying. So is living in a desert, and miles away from any major settlement. What was once advertised as a thriving tourist resort in the 50s is now a …

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Film Review: Weekend

This review can also be found at The Yorker. The majority of my experience with romance-type movies has been rooted firmly in the sappy, feel-good realm. And I can’t goddamn stand them. Boy meets girl in a chance encounter – potentially a …

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Film Review: Dream House

Psychological thrillers are hard to do properly. Whether trying to appeal to a pretentious deep-seated metaphor, or just a set up for an M. Night Shaymalan-esque twist, attention absoltuely has to be paid to keeping the twist obscured, and orchestrated to pack …

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Film Review – Demons Never Die

This review can also be found at the Yorker. I’m not particularly well-versed in horror films, but a lifetime of cultural osmosis has left me with a good understanding of how it’s supposed to go. Morally bankrupt, personality-lacking, or otherwise Orange County …

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