This is acclaimed director Jia Zhang-ke’s haunting and devastating take on how the rapid economic expansion of China is hitting the majority of people in these four separate stories of unparalleled violence. The first tale is of Dahai an ex-miner who goes on a rampage after he fails to report the Village Chief for selling … Continue reading
Lars is a young Danish soldier who is resentful because he has been thrown out of the Army after being accused of making a pass at some of his men. Frustrated at being back home with his pushy interfering mother, and unsure of where his life is going, he becomes easy prey for a local … Continue reading
Quentin Tarantino’s movie making is sporadic to say the least : this is only his 8th feature film since he exploded onto our screens with ‘Reservoir Dogs’ some 21 years ago. But love him or hate him, each movie is totally unforgettable ….. and very bloody, and far too long! This latest one is his … Continue reading
Horror movies are not something you will find reviewed on these pages very often at all as frankly it is a movie genre we loathe and tend to avoid them as often as we can. We did naturally have to make an exception for Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ which we have been extremely curious … Continue reading
Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s starts his awe-inspiring take on Shakespeare’s most violent tale of Macbeth on the battlefield on the mist-drenched Scottish heath that he stages dramatically like an epic, but bloody opera. It sets the pace for what turns out to be one of the most enthralling adaptions of the Bards work on the … Continue reading