Author: Rob Williams
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Indie Film Review – HellKat
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There are horror films and there are martial arts films. Some might point the finger at Steven Seagal and say that there are horrible martial arts films. Trying to fit in amongst those extremes is HellKat. “Trying to fit in” is appropriate as it seems to me that HellKat has quite a few mongrel characteristics. For instance, is…
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Indie Documentary Review – Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Sacred Cow or Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat, to give it its Sunday name, is a documentary about meat. Eating it, preparing it, cooking it, raising it — from semen collection to serving up… almost. Perhaps not so much of the semen end of the process; that was a different time…
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First Watch Film Review – Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Is Eternal Sunshine a Groundhog Day Loop film? Let’s explore! Here we go with another film that, for some unknown reason, I’ve never seen and am not sure why. At least this one’s relatively recent; I still haven’t seen Citizen Kane or The Sound Of Music! Could it have been the sub-par cast? Nope! Any film with…
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Documentary Review – Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You
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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have been together since October 1972; pretty much continuously and pretty much unchanged. While the Bruce and the band are thought to be synonymous and a performing unit they have played with a wide range of other acts including, but not confined to: Air Supply, Gary U.S. Bonds,…
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Indie Movie Review – Paintball Massacre
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Paintball Massacre begins with Lee Latchford-Evans standing on a bridge overlooking a railway line while we hear a train approaching. He’s obviously contemplating suicide (he’s a fire officer who’s “seen too much”) until a text arrives inviting him to a school reunion and he changes his mind. Many parents of young girls over the last twenty…
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Indie Movie Review – Bright Hill Road
Bright Hill Road is one of those interesting but unsettling films that make you wonder exactly what you’re watching and what you’re in for. We start off with Marcy (Siobhan Williams) waking up in bed. She seems a bit befuddled, and a scan around her bedroom shows a lot of wine bottles — which gives the…
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Indie Movie Review – Haven’s End
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Ever felt like you just want to get away from everything? Things are getting on top of you? Problems at work? Family difficulties? Civilization as we know it falling apart? We’ve all had days like that! Haven’s End is the story of a group of friends having one of those days. We open to the sound…
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Indie Movie Review – Shark Encounters of the Third Kind
Some films you know what you are going to get before you walk in. There may have been a buzz about them. There may have been a massive publicity campaign. It could just be the title. Shark Encounters of the Third Kind falls into the last category; not since Snakes On A Plane has the premise of a film…
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Indie Movie Review – Return To Splatter Farm
Return To Splatter Farm is listed on IMDb as a Horror/Thriller. That worries me a bit, as that indicates that the humour wasn’t intentional. I don’t have the benefit of having seen the original to know whether this is intentional or not but, as is well-known, I’m a bit of a grading softy, so I’ll…