The Review at the End of the Universe
Simon Pummell’s Brand New U explores a sci fi world where people have the opportunity to start afresh in a new life while leaving the old one behind. The film starts with Slater (Lachlan Nieboer) having a romantic evening with his girlfriend Nadia (Nora-Jane Noone) before people break in and snatch Nadia in the dead of night….
Evangelos and George Giovanis Bereave is an exploration of mortality through the lens of a man who is fatally ill and contemplating what will be left behind as he is celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary. Or at least that’s what I think it’s about. Bereave isn’t the easiest film to follow at the best of times and…
Kevin Pollak’s documentary Misery Loves Comedy has him ask a large number of people associated with comedy what they think makes them funny. Comedy is a difficult beast at the best of times. We all know what we find funny and can rattle off examples of things we consider to be hilarious but the question of…
Paul Goodwin’s documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD pretty much delivers what the title suggests. It’s a documentary chronicling the life cycle of iconic British publication 2000AD. The documentary is nicely structured as it opens with the comic beginning right in the middle of the punk era and draws the parallels between this time…
Tim Godsall’s Len and Company casts Rhys Ifans as an ageing disgruntled punk rocker who puts himself into seclusion to get away from it all. Are there any happy ageing punk rockers in fiction? I seriously can’t think of any. Going in I wasn’t sure if this film would manage to distinguish itself with such a…
Caryn Waechter’s The Sisterhood of Night explores the notion of teenage isolation from the perspective of young women against a paranoid backdrop. The main focus of the film is Mary (Georgie Henley) and Emily (Kara Hayward). They are two young women who end up being at odds with each other. Mary is the popular girl contrasting with…
Jane Linfoot’s The Incident tells the story of a well to do middle class -actually probably upper class- couple who suffer through an incident that causes them to have a rough time. I don’t have a lot to say about this film other than it’s a complete slog to sit through. The characters and situations…
The writing/directing trio François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell bring post apocalyptic film Turbo Kid to life. Before you groan at another addition to the saturated market of post apocalyptic fiction this one has a bit of a twist. The film is made as something of a love letter to old school post apocalyptic cheese. The year…
Ewan McGregor stars as Jesus in Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days in the Desert and gives audiences a different take on Jesus’ temptation by the Devil during his personal exile in the desert. Given that the subject matter is so intensely religious this film was going to be a challenge to put together from the start. Do you…
Shane Abbess’ Infini attempts to the answer the question of what would happen if the concepts behind Ridley Scott’s Alien and John Carpenter’s The Thing were combined. The basic story here is that humanity in the future are in a pretty sorry state with rampant poverty meaning that people have to take on increasingly dangerous…
