Review: Inside Out

Pixar’s literal emotional roller coaster shoots us closer to the heady heights of the studio’s former glories than we’ve been in years…

*spoiler free*
Screen Shot 2015-06-24 at 23.59.52

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading

Review: Jurassic World

It doesn’t matter what I think, the studio already has your money.
And mine.

*spoiler free (plot)*

Screen Shot 2015-06-16 at 21.41.56

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading

SceneKid#9: “That boy is our last hope…”

ILT’s inebriated Star Wars special continues with Luke skipping Dagobah Jedi school, despite Yoda and Obi-Wan dropping some fairly heavy truth bombs…

The Empire Strikes Back
Dir: Irvin Kershner
Original Release Date: 21 May 1980

Part Two of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.

Screen Shot 2015-06-09 at 23.04.12

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading

Review: Kung Fury

Dinosaurs, Nazis, kung-fu, time travel, Thor, 1980s fashion…

That’s right, it’s David Sandberg’s viral short: Kung Fury.

I reviewed it, because I had to. After all, it’s my job.Screen Shot 2015-05-31 at 23.29.11

Continue reading

TurningJapanese#2: Ninja Scroll 獣兵衛忍風帖

ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with its first anime retrospect, a bonafide cult classic of the genre that all but made me lose my shit as a teenage fanboy…

Ninja Scroll
Dir: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Release Date: 5 June 1993

Screen Shot 2015-05-25 at 23.23.17

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading

Review: We Are Many

Focusing on the build up to, and protest of the Iraq War, Amir Arimani’s moving, thoroughly engaging documentary is a definitive journey through one of the chief high-profile social and political chapters of the early 21st century.1000

Continue reading

Review: Fury Road

George Miller’s ‘Mad’ Max Rockatansky returns in a tanked up, high-octane beast of a picture, that is not only goddamn marvellous in its own right, but also part catalyst for a dramatic cinematic swing in the right direction…

*spoiler free (plot)* Screen Shot 2015-05-17 at 23.36.48Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

*Fury Road features on ILT’s Top 10 Films of 2015! Find out where it ranked here.*

Continue reading

Retrospect: Blackadder’s Dish & Dishonesty

Possibly the show’s finest episode?

Blackadder s03 e01
Written by: Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
Original Air Date: 17 September 1987

Screen Shot 2015-05-11 at 20.24.47

Continue reading

SceneKid#8: Binary Sunset

Watching Star Wars drunk is guaranteed to result in a bit of Tatooine sand getting in your eye…

Star Wars
Dir: George Lucas
Original Release Date: 25 May 1977

Part One of a Star Wars SceneKid series special.

download (2)

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading

2015 Finds Action in the Midst of a New Golden Age

After years of inconsistency in the genre, action movies have once again blossomed in recent times, with 2015 set to typify what looks to be an increased ascent toward the peak of a new golden age.

Screen Shot 2015-04-29 at 17.47.59

Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremedia
Like ILT on facebook

Continue reading