Letterboxd — Your life in film

There is something extremely disconcerting about the visceral nature of what we can now safely call Cronenberg horror.

The son continues the father's legacy, while keeping a distinct voice of his own.

Possessor is intriguing and definitely not an easy watch. The way Cronenberg blends the rawness of the physical horror with the sheer psychological terror of the protagonists is truly outstanding.

This is the type of film where everything just clicks. Performances are in tune with the oppressive mood,…

Tone is everything in a film like this and if it clicks, it clicks with conviction. And I think it's safe to say that Cummings' dark and off beat approach to this film suited me just fine.

There is something pleasantly hysterical about this film. There are no characters that seem to fit, they all seem to possess a certain subdued frenetic energy scratching at the surface. And when it breaches that surface it really comes into its own and…

2020 has been a hard year. Obviously. The world's in turmoil and I'm sure many of you have had your own personal tragedies in a year where we probably should have come a whole lot closer than we actually did (not too close, socially distancing appropriately).

For me, 2020 was incredibly tough, for many reasons I won't go into. What I will do is highlight one particular aspect that resonates through daily life to this very day. I am a…

What I love most about the horror genre is that it often is at its best when it uses its tropes to explore very real and substantial issues.

Weekes' debut is a film that manages to do exactly that. It explores grief, immigration issues and guilt effectively, while also being a very scary horror film indeed.

It's easy to get stuck on the way Weekes decides to invoke his suspense. He shows that he at points can really do a…

This is the type of film where, for me, the songs get in the way. And there are an enormous amount of them in here.

Over the Moon has a big heart and that's where its strength lies. It's a tender, at points heartwarming, story that takes a while to get going, but when it does there is a lot to like.

I was especially pleasantly surprised by the quality of the animations, particularly in the sequences on the moon.…

This was a real surprise.

The Terminator franchise's most recent output up until this latest iteration, have varied from being mediocre to complete and utter crap. After the godawful Genesys I really hoped they just would let this franchise die and stop tormenting us with it.

And then Tim Miller pops up and shoots a script written by writers who must have had a good day and churns out an action romp that is easily the third best film in…

Great acting, interesting characters and Flanagan's talent for structuring a good story unfortunately do not save this film from being predominantly boring.

It's a strange beast, this. I see and recognize the talent involved and what it tries to do, be its own thing and pay homage to one of the greatest horror films ever made, yet it never manages to be truly captivating.

I think this mostly has to do with the fact that Flanagan takes far too much…

Usually, I’d approach a review for a film like Tenet by analysing different aspects of the film to reach a conclusion. Usually, Nolan’s films whether good or bad would warrant such an approach.
Tenet, however, is such an empty piece of work, there unfortunately isn’t that much left to analyse.

I’ll start with the bits I enjoyed. There are a couple of action sequences that are really cleverly done. The ‘inversion’ visualization really works, making for an interesting and sometimes…