Monthly Archives: August 2007

55 post(s) found

Run

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a great short New Zealand film about a brother and sister, who live in fear of their overly protective father. They mother is no longer in their lives for some unspecified reason, and as a result the father…



4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

I must have completely zoned out when I read the description of this film. If I had consciously known it was about an abortion, there is no way in hell I would have gone and seen it. I must have…



Watching it Rain

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a beautiful and very well acted short film about two teenagers living in a small Mexican town. Sofia, a beautiful young lady, hates her life and the fact that her mother sleeps around, and doesn’t seem to care…



Alexandra

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a very simple, very real, and very gritty tale about a woman who visits her grandson at his army base in war-torn Chechnya. There is no visible fighting or battles during this film, as it’s purely a point…



Mister Lonely

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a very odd, yet surprisingly entertainment and perplexing film about a young American who barely makes a living as a Michael Jackson impersonator in Paris. He loves “being” Michael – but he’s obviously unhappy with his life as…



Severance

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is one of the best slasher/horror/comedy film’s I’ve ever seen. Completely sick, absolutely hilarious, and extremely terrifying – this film really had it all. A team of sales executives from an international arms company head to a corporate retreat…



A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a documentary about the mystery disappearance of the Warhol Factory’s Danny Williams in 1966. Williams was in love with the art of lighting and film making, but was also heavily experimenting with drugs, sleeping with his male boss,…



Boxing Day

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a very simple film about a person living alone on home detention (after obviously coming out of jail recently), preparing for a Christmas lunch for his teenage niece, sister in law accompanied by her latest boyfriend. But things…



Inland Empire

Posted: 28 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

What a complete and utter load of shit. I remember watching an interview with David Lynch a couple of months back and thinking, “this guy is an idiot”. He completely ignored the intelligent Italian interviewer, claiming he couldn’t understand him,…



A Few Days in September

Posted: 21 August 2007 by Chris Hocking

This is a fantastic action/adventure film about a sexy and cunning secret service agent, who is put in charge of looking after a former co-worker’s teenage children before he heads permanently underground. As she tries to protect these children, and…



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