Does Bloody Disgusting Translate To Bloody Brilliant In Hannibal – Series 1?

You all know Silence of the Lambs – a FBI agent who seeks help from psychotic serial killer and former psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter. You probably also know about Hannibal and Red Dragon, the two follow up films. In fact, there was even a third, called Hannibal Rising, made in 2007. But perhaps you didn’t know

Does A Shoestring Budget Make Or Break Reservoir Dogs?

I looked back a couple of days ago now at the original Reservoir Dogs: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Well, today I’m looking at the original original Reservoir Dogs: Reservoir Dogs. It’s Tarantino’s debut film and it’s hard to not get sucked in by the glamour of it. Everyone knows that scene where

Why The Brilliant Norman Bates Makes Psycho So Scary

Oh. Oh my. Why, I- I just… Oh my. Before we begin, I recommend you search up Psycho theme and read this while listening for full appreciation. The music really tells the story. Psycho is a psychological horror-thriller directed by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock, about a young woman Marion (Janet Leigh), who disappears

Why All the President’s Men Is The History Lesson We All Need

It’s weird. How can, even though I know what’s going to happen, a story be so gripping? Watergate is very well known. But the finer details – how did they managed to come to the conclusion? And therefore force Nixon’s resignation? Who was really involved? What evidence did they actually find? How did they end

Why Se7en Is Scarier Than Your Typical Horror

There may be spoilers ahead, and some unpleasant images… After the success of last week’s Tuesday review, I said to myself why not try it again. And here we are, dear reader. Enjoy! It seems the logical next move – Brad Pitt and David Fincher, tying in with Kevin Spacey and the exciting genre of

How Subliminal Messaging And Unreliable Narrators Make Fight Club One Of The Best

SPOILERS are in this post! If you don’t want to ruin the film, go watch it, so you can come back and enjoy this review. Happy readings! We all have different sides to our personality. Perhaps, you could trim it down to three. There’s the one we show in public, to co-workers or strangers. There’s

Why Close Encounters of the Third Kind Doesn’t Need A Real Plot

Sorry for this review being a day late. Unfortunately, things were stacking up, but I hope you enjoy it anyhow. Who knows, Tuesday could be the best day for a post… In a close encounter of the first kind, a UFO is seen, but no interaction with the environment is observed. In the second kind, physical effects are observed, like

Is L.A. Confidential The Last Great Neo-Noir?

After investigating unknown, exotic and interesting genres for my Little Shop of Horrors review, there was one I stumbled upon that didn’t sound completely illogical and actually entertaining – neo noir. Now, you’ve probably heard of noir, a genre popularised in the 1940s and 50s, often based around crime and morose themes. We usually connate