The Conversation (1974): Reversing the Peephole
2023-01-17
Surveillance technician has the tables turned on him. His peephole is reversed.Continue Reading
Blade Runner (1982): Pursuing the Truth
2022-04-24
Riddley borrowed unused Shining footage from Stanely. Then Stanely restaged part of Blade Runner’s ending in Eyes Wide Shut.Continue Reading
Intrusive Memories in The Invitation (2015)
2021-05-27
Memories are life’s ephemera and they’re served in morsels. Plus a dinner party from hell.Continue Reading
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
2020-08-07
It figures then that the only film worth squat in the franchise was not tainted first-hand by both parties in the diabolical matrimony of the actor-director couple involved.Continue Reading
It Comes At Night (2017)
2018-03-12
It somehow survives a major plot hole unscathed.Continue Reading
The Descent (2005) Re-Appraisal
2017-03-03
As stomach-churning as originally thought.Continue Reading
Days of Heaven (1978)
2014-07-23
For an evocative exercise in imagery, Days of Heaven is both surprisingly and expectedly short in equal measure. It is worth noting that while not heavy on scenic diorama, it is light on dialogue and action also. The former is expressed with the help of deliberate editing, sending the filmContinue Reading
