Godzilla Minus Zero Demands to Be Heard – A Review
There is a noise in Godzilla Minus Zero that I would happily pay to hear again. Ghidorah's attacks arrive like gunfire in a library, a tremendous crack followed by an electrical fizz that disappears almost before the impact has registered. I was shocked by how...
Wild Horse Nine, The Gift that Kept on Giving – A Review
This review contains no spoilers. I went to my first Screen Unseen yesterday, with no idea what I was about to watch. It turned out to be Wild Horse Nine. I could get used to this. Martin McDonagh sends Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich to Rapa Nui...
The Empire That Ate Cinema: The Parasitic Hegemony
In 2023, the livelihoods of thousands of British film and television workers were firmly in the hands of American studios and unions. Hollywood's writers went on strike in May, followed by its actors in July, and productions across Britain began shutting down. British crews, employed...
Stop Motion has NEVER looked this good in Wildwood – A Review
The Review contains no spoilers. Good God, this was beautiful. There is a glorious extravagance to building a world this detailed and then giving it inhabitants capable of competing with it for your attention. Wildwood’s sets are gorgeous, intricate enough to reward looking beyond whoever happens to...