Four students venture to Burkittsville, Maryland to investigate the myth of the Blair Witch. Things slowly start to unravel. I remember the hype surrounding The Blair Witch Project in 1999, with some saying this was a horror masterpiece that would be seen as a trailblazing entry into the genre. The marketing for the film reminded …
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An 80’s pop group are going to make history by being the first Western ensemble to play in Communist China. Who would this group be? A critically respected group like The Smiths or The Cure who would surely take the opportunity to highlight the differences between the two worlds and use the expedition as fuel …
I love Jason Statham movies. It started for me around the time of Homefront and had me frantically mining into his filmography and catching each new release. The trailer for Mutiny looked great. A kinetic montage with Statham using several implements within his fight scenes. These seemed to escalate in their gratuity and the amount …
Young college students take rooms in a spooky old house whose live-in owners seem just as spooky. I’ve seen so many horror films that I had to check to see if I had actually seen Silent Scream. I hadn’t so here goes. I was pleasantly surprised as this was perfect fare for a night when …
I literally went to see this new Spiderman film because I saw the trailer and thought it looked great. I’m Johnny Come Lately when it comes to this franchise. The first time I saw Spiderman on the big screen was in 1980 when I saw Spiderman: The Dragon’s Challenge when it was showing as part …
I love rock bios, especially the ones about the artists who never received their dues and devoted their lives to their art. I had been intrigued by the pop star and musician Lawrence since the release of the recent book Street-Level Superstar- My Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson. I had sneered at Lawrence’s previous …
Things I liked about this film- Superman The flashback sequences The dark abduction storyline (this should have been explored a lot more) Things I disliked about this film- The one-liners that were either supposed to be sassy, funny or both but utterly failed The scenes that were supposed to be poignant but utterly failed The …
A gang of soldiers hear about a sanctuary from the living dead. It’s called Plum Island but unfortunately there’s a family feud dividing it. One family wants to exterminate the zombies, the other wants to peacefully live alongside them. What to do… This was George’s last film before his death. This is Romero attempting to …
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George A Romero’s 2007 zombie flick and a concept that involves the found footage of a film student assembled into a movie by one of the film’s other characters. All of the movie is shot on camcorders and other similar devices available at the time commercially. This found footage chronicles a group of film studies …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 16- Diary of the Dead (2007)
Land of the Dead is George A Romero’s next instalment in the Dead series after 1985’s pedestrian and plodding Day of the Dead. This involves the human race who are still at the mercy of a world overrun by the undead and now being split into the ordinary folk who are forced to live in …
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