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THE NEON DEMON (2016)
When an aspiring model moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who’ll go to any length to get what she has.
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ORION (2015)
In a desolate future, a wanderer fights to save a virgin mother from a powerful magician and locate a mythical city containing the world’s last survivors.
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DOCTOR STRANGE (2016)
A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
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WESTWORLD, 1.4 – ‘Dissonance Theory’
I’ve been impressed with how quickly Westworld is rattling along, as part of me suspected it would spin its wheels—as so many sci-fi television shows built around mysteries tend to. Instead, I’m suspicious about the creator’s allegedly mapping out five years (the official reason the premiere was delayed by months), as I could easily imagine…
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DAY FOR NIGHT (1973)
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, both personal and professional, among his cast and crew.
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BLACK MIRROR, 3.2 – ‘Playtest’
Charlie Brooker gets back behind his laptop to write this second episode of Black Mirror‘s third series, “Playtest”, directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), a new filmmaker who earned interest through his impressive fan film Portal: No Escape, based on the popular video game. Brooker himself has a background in gaming journalism, so it’s…
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BLACK MIRROR, 3.1 – ‘Nosedive’
Audiences have been staring into Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror for five years, incredibly, but the Channel 4 anthology had only produced six episodes and a Christmas special before its long-awaited transfer to Netflix. This has been both a pro and con for the show, because it’s had enough time to ensure a high-quality of storytelling,…
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ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966)
A prehistoric man called Tumak is banished from his savage tribe, only to meet a beautiful woman called Loana from a gentler coastal tribe, but to win her heart he must fight caveman Sakana.
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LUKE CAGE – Season One
Marvel’s latest begins promisingly, with a funky ‘70s-flavoured soundtrack and moody shots of nighttime Harlem in glistening yellows and deep blacks. We’ve already met Luke Cage (Mike Colter) in Jessica Jones earlier this year, of course, but he feels more at home in his own storyline—working in a barber shop owned by reformed gangster “Pop”…
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WESTWORLD, 1.3 – ‘The Stray’
Backstories are at the heart of Westworld’s third episode, “The Stray”, in the invention of a new narrative for Teddy (James Marsden), the revelation that Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) is grieving the death of his son, and the ongoing situation that some Hosts are beginning to remember fragments of their previous roles. In that sense, this…
