They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but it’s some relation to the tried-and-tested, too.
With most of the global population on lockdown for some portion of the last six months, we’ve all got used to seeing our friends virtually.…
Category: Reviews
REVIEW: An American Pickle
From the guy who brought you that movie about organised religion via the medium of foul-mouthed groceries comes an understated, oddly dignified tale of what it means to be a Jewish immigrant in America. More specifically, an early-20th Century Jewish immigrant preserved in brine for 100 years before being released on modern-day Brooklyn.…
PODCAST: The Vast of Night (feat. Tessa Scott) [Movie Robcast]
Episode 93 of The Movie Robcast sees our intrepid Robs looking to the skies to discuss The Vast of Night, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
On this quest they are joined once again by Tessa Scott, back after a triumphant appearance on the Whiplash episode.…
REVIEW: Days of the Bagnold Summer
Director Simon Bird brings his own childhood growing up in Guildford to bear in a charming, low-key encapsulation of a long summer in the suburbs.
Based on the 2012 graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, Days of the Bagnold Summer follows teenage metalhead Daniel (Earl Cave), frustrated to discover that he won’t be spending the holiday in Florida with dad and dad’s pregnant partner, and his mum Sue (Monica Dolan).…
REVIEW: Capone
It’s 1946. Released from prison due to his late-stage syphilis, Al “Fonz” Capone (Tom Hardy) is convalescing at home in Palm Island, Florida.
Despite their grand, classically-styled estate, the family are broke; forced to gradually sell off their collection of paintings and statues.…
PODCAST: Doctor Sleep & Joker Redux
Episode 74 of The Electric Shadows Podcast picks up where episode 73 left off. Robs Daniel and Wallis found that Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep stayed with them, it’s themes and characters lingering in the mind.
Someone of the same opinion is regular Electric Shadows Podcast contributor Mr Ian Bird, who also happened to be in town and was up for explaining why he was so impressed with the excellent chiller.…
REVIEW: The Good Liar
Bill Condon’s latest movie is based on an all-too obvious deceit. After all, when you name a film The Good Liar, you beg the question, “Who?”.
An elderly pair –Roy (Ian McKellen) and Betty (Helen Mirren) – are getting together for a first date.…
REVIEW: Terminator: Dark Fate
The Terminator franchise is one based on a contradiction.
The future is not set might be the mantra at its heart, passed down from father to mother to son and back to father, but that long, dark road always circles back round to one inevitable outcome: robo-apocalypse.
PODCAST: Terminator: Dark Fate [Electric Shadows]
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Episode 72 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is another one on location. This time our intrepid explorers in pod, Robs Daniel and Wallis, are at the London O2 braving the latest Terminator film.
In the last ten years paying to see Terminator films has been something of a fool’s errand and the trailers for Dark Fate were not promising.
REVIEW: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood [LFF 2019]
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With Operation Yewtree looming large over once-idyllic childhood viewing, in the minds of the British public the last few years have altered what it means to be a beloved children’s entertainer.
As such, it’s understandable that UK audiences might not be entirely comfortable with the notion of Mr.…