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Category: Cult Film

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Animals (2014) Film Review: Love and Hard Drugs

May 28, 2015July 22, 2015 andymckendry

Animals is the story of a young homeless couple who live in a broken car. They cruise around, killing time, and they steal in order to fund their spiraling heroin addiction. Animals is a low budget indie that considers some … Continue reading Animals (2014) Film Review: Love and Hard Drugs

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Slow West (2015) Film Review

May 21, 2015 andymckendry

John Maclean’s directorial debut is a film for fans of cinema. It riffs on Western genre conventions, its cinematography, and the traditionally romanticised outlaw narrative. There’s a simplicity at the heart of the narrative of the Old West, its gunslingers, … Continue reading Slow West (2015) Film Review

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The Fracturing of the Male Gaze in The Duke of Burgundy (2014)

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 andymckendry

Peter Strickland’s film is a character study that considers the structures of power within a lesbian relationship as they fluctuate between dominance and subservience. The Duke of Burgundy shows that erotica can have substance and doesn’t just exist for male … Continue reading The Fracturing of the Male Gaze in The Duke of Burgundy (2014)

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The Salvation (2014) Film Review

March 25, 2015August 21, 2015 andymckendry

Starring Mads Mikkelsen as the archetypal gunslinger seeking revenge, The Salvation is a convincing if slightly unimaginative Western. It shoots fast, it’s hell bent on vengeance, and it fulfills its conventions well. The Salvation is a Western directed by Kristian … Continue reading The Salvation (2014) Film Review

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John Wick (2014) Film Review

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 andymckendry

John Wick is a stylised, confident, and pulpy piece of cinema. It lets Keanu Reeves reiterate his specific acting skill set and it tells its story through on the nose exposition, a distinct lack of character development, and gleefully violent, well choreographed fight sequences. Once it gets going (like John Wick himself) it’s unstoppable. Continue reading John Wick (2014) Film Review

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Dear White People (2014) Film Review

February 23, 2015April 22, 2015 andymckendry

Set on an Ivy League campus, Dear White People documents racial strife that culminates in a ‘riot’ after a predominantly white group of students host an African American themed party. A satire more than a comedy, Dear White People raises … Continue reading Dear White People (2014) Film Review

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Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife (2014) Film Review

February 10, 2015April 22, 2015 andymckendry

Poor old Ward, his wife is a bitch. She won’t let him play golf with his friends. His friends hatch a plan to kill her and free Ward from his domestic cage. Continue reading Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife (2014) Film Review

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Weekend Watching: Brotherhood (2010)

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 andymckendry

Will Cannon’s Brotherhood (2010) is a thriller about a fraternity backed robbery gone wrong. It’s a fast, frenetic, and entertaining film. Continue reading Weekend Watching: Brotherhood (2010)

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