Point Break started with four lines of clunky exposition and didn’t really improve from there. I’m probably a bit biased, I loved the original Katheryn Bigelow film and after watching the trailer for this I was certain they’d ruined it. The original film stood out because of the characters. And without
By Last Caress. Vicious, the writing/directing debut of Somerset rising star Oliver Park, is an 11-minute anxiety attack, dread-soaked from start to finish. Make sure you watch it alone with the lights off and the sound up. It's late at night on a quiet residential street in Anytown, England. A woman - the
By Last Caress. Released in 1999, Kikujiro is something of a departure from the blood-soaked, action-packed affairs most often associated with its writer/director/star, the legendary "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. A quirky, offbeat and frequently improbable road trip, Kikujiro is also a warm, funny and melancholy tale of a young boy determined to find his mother
Two 4 One is Canadian writer/director Maureen Bradley’s debut feature film. After directing and producing over forty short films, this is a stunner, and has been recognised with many nominations and awards. The film is a quirky love story, mostly concerned wih humanity and honesty. If that sounds cheesy, it’s not. The film
Two estranged brothers are brought together to launch their father’s ashes into space. Boldly Gone delivers two great performances in an adeptly crafted short that is neither twee nor overbearing in its sentimentality. It’s refreshing to see such a simple concept brought to film with an accomplished balance of humour and
