Review: Black Mass

Scott Cooper and Johnny Depp’s examination of Boston crime kingpin/FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger is intriguing in subject matter and entertaining enough in execution, but by no means a classic.

*spoiler free*

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Review: Terminator Genisys

James Cameron will be spinning in his Deepsea Challenger. Actually, he’s probably not. $$$.

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Guest Podcast Debut With Failed Critics!

Following my articles on Blackadder, We Are Many, and Kung Fury for the chaps from my homeland at Failed Critics, you can now listen to me chat shit for fifteen minutes in my transatlantic podcast debut!

Owen Hughes hosts as he and I discuss Oscar Swift’s micro budget British indie thriller, Through the Lens, starring Lewis Sanderson.

The FC lads also discuss Minions, Spider-Man, and The Terminator amongst others.

Check it out here!

For a more interactive experience, listen on acast.

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Review: Jurassic World

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

*spoiler free (plot)*

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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

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Review: It Follows

The latest darling of the horror-hype machine arguably falls short of true ‘horror’.

Aside from that, it’s ace.

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Review: Furious 7

Paul Walker’s last ride is a fitting ‘end’ to the definitive action series of this generation.

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TurningJapanese#1: Battle Royale バトル・ロワイアル

ILT’s new TurningJapnese series will serve as a discussion of all things hōga in the Land of the Rising Sun, seeking to share the latest productions and reminisce about the history, the classics, and the downright bizarre.

First up, a look back at many of my generation’s introduction to Japanese cinema…

Battle Royale
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
Original Release Date: 16 December 2000

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