The Development Slate Episode 34 – The Last Starfighter
This week James and Yaw take a look at a pioneer of CGI and another jewel from the 80’s: The Last Starfigher.
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TAD 2016: In a Valley of Violence Review
In a Valley of Violence wastes an opportunity to put its own twist on the western genre, opting instead for a straightforward revenge story.
TAD 2016: As The Gods Will Review
Takashi Miike’s latest Japanese horror film mixes up a little of Saw, a pinch of The Hunger Games, a taste of Battle Royale, and a hell lot of insanity.
TAD 2016: The Lure Review
Polish horror musical The Lure, directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska is all skin and glitter, with no substance, much like its protagonists.
TAD 2016: War on Everyone
In War on Everyone, Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård play the "Bad Cop/ Bad Cop" routine to occasionally hilarious effect.
TAD 2016: Creepy Review
Despite a few appropriately eerie moments, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Japanese thriller Creepy suffers from an inconsistent tone and unbelievable plot developments.
Conquering the Empire – The Dungeonmaster (1984)
The sci-fi fantasy anthology The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar) is the first film that can truly be called an Empire Pictures picture.
Mascots Review
Christopher Guest and company are back for the first time in 10 years in the new made-for-Netflix flick, Mascots.
TAD 2016: Train to Busan Review
Snakes on a plane probably sounds like a vacation to the characters who must suffer through zombies on a train in Train to Busan.
TAD 2016: Under the Shadow Review
Under the Shadow is a spectacular and genuinely frightening debut feature from writer/director Babak Anvari.
The Accountant Review
The Accountant has all the pieces of a fun puzzle, we just never get to see the big picture.
The Development Slate Episode 33 – C.O.P.S.
This week James and Yaw take on the 1980s futuristic police cartoon C.O.P.S.
Off the Rails Review
It's rare that a filmmaker can stumble upon a character as fascinating as Off The Rails' Darius McCollum, a man whose need to ride on and/or commandeer trains is so deep that it's landed him in jail over 30 times.
Denial Review
Denial tells the true story of David Irving (Timothy Spall), a British "historian" who dedicated his “career” to proving the Holocaust didn't happen.
The Girl on the Train Review
We reviewed the window Emily Blunt's character gazes out of in The Girl on a Train because it was much more interesting than the film itself.
