Posts Tagged ‘Cloverfield’
Film Review – 10 Cloverfield Lane
Love him or hate him, J.J. Abrams knows how to get your attention. His “mystery box” approach to both 10 Cloverfield Lane and it’s spiritual predecessor, involving surprise trailer drops and elaborate ARGs (look it up), can be either invigorating or infuriating depending on your…
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Film Review – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
It is hard to be caught by surprise twice. When the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released in 2011, I had low expectations for it. I didn’t see the need for a remake, and its August release date seemed like a…
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SIFF Film Review – What Maisie Knew
Divorce is one of the unfortunate realities of modern society, with over 50% of marriages statistically not making it, my family being one of them. As difficult as it is for the couple, the impact on any children is even more profound and long-lasting. This…
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Film Review – [REC] 3: Genesis
When The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 to huge audiences and huger pupils, it opened the floodgates for a slew of low-budget horror movies, a good deal of them sharing/aping the “found footage” aesthetic. While a few of these films managed to transcend…
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SXSW Film Review – The Cabin in the Woods
To describe Drew Goddard’s new film The Cabin in the Woods as David Lynch-ian is putting it mildly. The film takes the premise of a simple slasher film and eschews all the conventions in the process, creating something unlike I have ever seen before. Any…
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Film Review – Silent House
“88 minutes of terror”…a great tagline, but there is more to the film Silent House than an effective marketing campaign. The film marks the theatrical return of directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who were last seen in theaters nearly a decade ago with their…
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Pulling Focus – Found Footage Films and Marketing
Found footage horror films are a genuinely modern phenomenon. We can attempt to trace roots to Cannibal Holocaust in 1980, tie origins to the aesthetic and stylistic techniques in the even older cinéma vérité genre, or, if we really want to go back, we can…
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Video Review – Super 8
Spencer and John review the sci-fi thriller Super 8, from writer/director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes, and Zune. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here.
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