Jazz Odyssey: Bird
This is a 1988 biopic of Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker) directed by one-liner comedian and arch nemesis of Tim Westwood, Clint Eastwood. Bird fits in the Elephant Man/Gandhi category of […]
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Jazz Odyssey: All That Jazz
A renowned choreographer and director Joe (Roy Scheider) is working on a brand new stage play set to be his finest yet. But as he struggles to balance work, family […]
Jazz Odyssey: The Miles Davis Story
Produced for the 10th anniversary of his death, this 2001 documentary recalls the many milestones in the life and works of trumpeter Miles Davis, the jazziest jazz ever got and […]
Jazz Odyssey: Odds Against Tomorrow
Three desperate New Yorkers (Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan and Ed Begley) plan a bank job in Robert Wise’s 1959 film noir. If you’re wondering what this heist movie is doing […]
Jazz Odyssey: All Night Long
Welcome to Jazz Odyssey, a week of jazz-related film reviews because this blog isn’t nearly alienating enough as it is. No spoilers but these include a thriller, a documentary, a […]
FrightFest 20: A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
It’s grim up north(ern Ireland) in Abner Pastoll’s thriller about young widowed mother Sarah (Sarah Bolger) whose home is invaded by a drug dealer (Andrew Simpson). This Belgian-Northern Irish co-production […]
FrightFest 20: Tales From the Lodge
A group of friends gather in the English countryside to scatter their friend’s ashes in horror anthology Tales From the Lodge. Writer/director Abigail Blackmore won this year’s Screen International Genre […]
FrightFest 20: The Black String
Malcolm in the Middle has a diddle and ends up riddled in this new chiller soon available at Lidl. Probably. After an advert for a dating service appears to address […]
FrightFest 20: Rabid (2019)
Today we go from rabbits to Rabid with the Soska Sisters’ remake of David Cronenberg’s classic armpit horror. “Why do we keep remaking old trends?” asks the self-referential opening line, […]
FrightFest 20: Satanic Panic
Welcome to the first of 5 reviews from FrightFest 2019, a wonderful horror festival and unofficial singles convention. Described by its director Chelsea Stardust as a “punk rock satanic Wizard […]
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