A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
Archive | June, 2012
Ill Manors (2012)
11 Jun
Of his directorial debut Ill Manors, rapper and wannabe auteur Ben Drew aka Plan B said he was making a “British Godfather”. Well, despite an evident interest in interweaving narratives, Drew’s picture bears little relation to Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece. Sweeping epic this most certainly isn’t.
Outland (1981)
11 Jun
Some cupcake named “Cane” decided that he didn’t need an environment suit. They’re still sponging him off the elevator walls.
From the Archives: Triangle (2009)
6 Jun
Director Christopher Smith is slowly emerging as one of the most interesting young filmmakers currently operating in the thriller-horror genre. Having cut his directorial teeth on the superbly spooky London Underground-set “Creep,” Smith changed tack with his follow-up, “Severance,” a grisly horror-comedy. Subverting the genre is clearly something Smith seems particularly comfortable with, even intrigued by, so it should come as no surprise that his latest offering, “Triangle,” ventures rather neatly into psychological thriller territory, albeit with a delicious twist.
crash/burn 