It’s a scenario we’ve all imagined – in that ambigious space between life and death, we are led into a room, where we are presented with a montage of our life, giving us the chance to reflect on the past, and determine which of the two afterlives will be our home for eternity. Whether it…
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
There are few franchises that saw as radical a decline in quality as the Shrek series – the first two films are appropriately considered not only masterpieces in their own right, but incredibly influential to the entire medium of animation, the industry being pushed in new directions after what was soon to be seen as…
The Inspection (2022)
There are few subjects that are quite as incompatible as the queer community and the armed forces, which has been the source of a lot of tension in terms of political and cultural standards, with the general belief that homosexuality does not have any place within the military being rooted heavily in conservative values. However,…
Man on a Swing (1974)
One of the more unsettling true crime stories of the past 50 years is the murder of Barbara Ann Butler, a young woman who was found dead in her automobile in an Ohio parking lot in the early 1970s, a case that remains open. This story was the basis for The Girl on the Volkswagen…
Emergency (2022)
At some point, a social issue becomes too large to ignore, and begins to infiltrate into all areas of our daily lives. The race problem in America has reached a fever pitch, with the needless police brutality and sentiment that there is a direct correlation between race and criminal activity leading to a stigma that…
The Quiet Girl (2022)
Childhood is perhaps the time in our lives where we learn the most – not only in the sense of gaining an official, formal education, but learning about the many challenges that face us in the years ahead, which can be both intimidating and poignant for any child undergoing the inevitable process of getting older….
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
Few Hollywood-based stories have been as tragic as the life and death of Judy Garland – from the wide-eyed young girl with an angelic voice, to an adult who could command even the biggest stages, despite her slight frame and almost milquetoast demeanour, she was always in the public eye, right until her untimely demise,…
Living (2022)
Life is a journey that doesn’t end, but rather changes form. The reality is that none of us are nearly as important as we think we are, and instead each one of us is just another component of a constantly changing world, part of the proverbial machinery that has yet to come to a halt,…
Holy Spider (2022)
The events surrounding the murders that took place in the city of Mashhad have lingered in the global culture as some of the most shocking crimes in recent memory, with the holy Iranian city being terrorized by a serial killer, known only as The Spider Killer (the term used by the media to refer to…
Pit Stop (1969)
Part of the appeal of the New Hollywood movement was the tendency to push boundaries in a way that didn’t exist previously. If you look at the body of work produced during this time from a distance, you can see two broad categories of the films that were most successful – there were those that…
The Postmodern Pelican 