Tag: Lisa Fremont

Review: Candyman (2021)

A self proclaimed spiritual sequel to the 1992 film, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman takes an already great story and transforms it into something even more timely and, dare I say, better executed...

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Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: Martyrs Lane

Martyrs Lane is a truly gorgeous film on every level. The story unfolds in such a perfect way and Kiera Thompson as Leah does just as much emotional heavy lifting as Gough. Writer/director Ruth Platt expertly shows the world through the eyes of a child in a genuine, non-pandering, way. This is a ghost story that not only delivers on the supernatural front, but on the emotional one as well.

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Fantasia Film Festival 2021 Review: #Blue_Whale

Teenagers and the internet are a beast that no one has yet figured out how to tame and this easily lends itself to horror: both in real life and on the screen. With it’s world premiere at Fantasia Festival, #Blue_Whale explores how the internet can easily seduce unhappy teens into dangerous games.

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North Bend Film Fest 2021 Review: Superior

Finding herself on the run from her abusive husband, Marian pays an unexpected visit to her twin sister Vivian. Despite living polar opposite lives, the two easily meld back together after a six year separation, but things do not go as smoothly as everyone plans. Screening at the Northbend Film Festival, writer/director Erin Vassilopoulos’s feature film debut Superior is an intimate, dreamy take on choices and identities and how they shape our existence.

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North Bend Film Fest 2021 Review: Tailgate

Director: Lodewijk CrijnsWriter: Lodewijk CrijnsStars: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer, Roosmarijn van der Hoek Review Toddler tantrums, excessively long wait times, the airport, the DMV, waiting in the exam room for 45 minutes, these are all things that can cause even the most calm and laid back person to lose their patience. None of these things... Continue Reading →

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Review: The Forever Purge (2021)

The horror genre can always be counted on for mirroring the fears and anxiety’s of the times we are living in and The Purge series has been the not so subtle leader of this for it’s eight year run. With five movies and two seasons of a television series, The Purge has been pointing a laser focused spotlight on America’s various cultural maladies while also keeping our need for entertainment and bloodlust satisfied.

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Violation – Right, Wrong & Revenge

Of all the subgenres in horror, few are as polarizing as the much maligned rape/revenge subgenre . Love it or hate it, it has it’s merits and some of these films are able to tackle an ugly and complex issue in new and thought provoking ways. Violation is one of those films.

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Editorial: We Need To Talk About Clarice

A little over five years after Hannigram broke our hearts and left us wondering what became of our favorite Murder Husbands, CBS premiered Clarice. Clarice is a show that has been threatening to premiere for quite some time now and when it was finally coming to fruition, the Fannibal universe began having false hope that this must mean that a fourth season of Hannibal is possible. I say false hope because there is a very tricky and very real issue at play within the universe that Thomas Harris created...

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Final Girls Berlin Film Festival Review: The Stylist

Your stylist is there for job interview haircuts, wedding hair, family photo hair-do’s, funeral haircuts: they are always there for every major event in your life and they probably know things about you that you haven’t told your best friend, but ultimately, they are your employee and that is where things get tricky. Have you ever really thought about your stylist and how they receive all of this information?

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