Category: Independent
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Independent Film Review – Invitation To A Murder
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There’s nothing quite like a good, well thought out whodunit. They have been a popular genre for over a century and I think it is fair to say that the undisputed queen of the mystery novel is Dame Agatha Christie. Her most successful novel, with sales in excess of 100 million, is And Then There…
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Independent Film Review – The Imposters
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Sometimes you’ll watch a film without realising that there is something different about it. For instance, if you started reading Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright I wonder how far you’d get into this 1939 novel before realising it is a lipogram. By that I mean it is 50,000 words long but nowhere does Wright use…
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Independent Film Review – #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead
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I’m probably the worst person to send this to. Firstly, I’m not a fan of horror films. Particularly not the slasher sub-genre. I saw most of Saw, the first half of Hostel, and a couple of Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street offerings. I know that there are of plenty of perfectly nice people out…
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Independent Film Review – Overkill
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Within the first five minutes of Overkill, Taylor (Carol Kim) is brutally murdered in her home. She is stabbed many times by a man inside her room. The man was there to kill her…not to rob, kidnap, or assault her. He came with his own big, sharp knife and knew that there would be nobody…
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Independent Film Review – What We Find On The Road
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What is it about Americans and road movies? There are a few road films set in the UK but, given that it only takes about fifteen hours to drive from Land’s End to John o’Groats a British road trip is never going to be a marathon excursion. The USA is a much bigger beast though.…
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Independent Film Review – Holiday Twist
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Ah, Christmas films! I have a definite soft spot for them. As we’re just seeing off Halloween there’s nothing much to get excited about before the season of greetings, giddy glee, and gemütlichkeit gets under way. As a result it’ll do no harm to start getting in the festive spirit. Maybe I don’t need to…
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Independent Film Review – I’m Charlie Walker
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When is a true story not a true story? When the opening card says “Based on a true story” and the closing one says “All characters and events in this film, even those based on real individuals, are completely fictional.” So is I’m Charlie Walker a true story or not? Well…yes and no. The story…
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Independent Film Review – The Avenger
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I do like a puzzle. Admittedly I prefer when I know that I’m doing a puzzle rather than just not being 100% sure what’s going on. I started watching The Avenger “A British action, gritty, style ‘TAKEN’ set in London and LA based on a true story” as it describes itself. The story is, undeniably,…
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Independent Film Review – Sons Of Summer
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I can’t help but think that I’ve mentioned many times before that I’m nobodies idea of a sportsman. Honestly, I have zero interest in any sport either as an observer or as a participant. I am one of about half a dozen men born within sight of the Mersey with no interest in football. Similarly…
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Independent Film Review – The Devil Came Home
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Cards on the table…I’m not a horror fan. To be honest though, that isn’t really a problem with The Devil Came Home. Because, while it is a horror film of the demonic possession sub-genre, it doesn’t bury itself in the interminable tropes that are usually present. Let’s face it, that usually means all manner of…
