Quality horror-thrillers are all too rare these days; it’s either full-on horror or more of a drama, but Kindred, director Joe Marcantonio’s feature film debut, promises from its first frames to be an unsettling affair. Dripping with dread and paranoia, Kindred feels both timeless and timely; a film concerned more with mood than action and…
This small woodland area outside the town of Larne in east Antrim was originally named Clements after the landowner’s grandfather in the late 1800s. It was traditionally used by the family as a source of lumber. During the late 20th-century, the Woodland Trust acquired the site but in the early 2000s, the small woodland became…
Nelson Mandela moved into this house in Soweto in 1946 with his first wife Evelyn and remained here until his arrest in 1962. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonHe became famous in South Africa for his political and anti-apartheid activism during this period. His second wife Winnie Mandela and their children remained…
This little art gallery is located within an old Edwardian terrace house in Whitehead, a coastal village located on the East Antrim coast with a rich Victorian heritage. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe house was constructed during the early 20th-century and is composed of three floors complete with a drawing-room, eight…
A man sheds expectations in The White Tiger, the latest from writer/director Ramin Bahrani. Balram was happy to be a driver at first. The man he worked for was kind and not overly demanding, and to achieve such a position was all he had ever been told to hope for. He was part of the lower…
There were several presidential mansions before the White House was completed in 1800, although many didn’t survive That leaves the Deshler-Morris House in Philadelphia, more commonly known as the Germantown White House, the oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe mansion was originally constructed in…
This review was originally published on July 31, 2020, and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonFunny how a few years can feel like a millennium. It was in May of 2016 that I attended a sold-out screening of Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s scathingly hilarious documentary, “Weiner,”…
This piece was originally published on October 17, 2012 and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWhen purchased in 2007 by Trump, the land was a conservation area, with sand dunes 4,000 years old and a mixture of ocean-shore environments. “We’ve had tremendous support from the environmentalists,”…
This piece was originally published on April 3, 2020 and is being republished for Election Day. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonNo fairy tale prince ever took on a more terrifying monster than the “dragon” in this documentary about the massive Republican redistricting following Barack Obama’s first Presidential election and the 2010…
Welcome to Horrorscope, a monthly column keeping horror nerds and initiates up to date on all the genre content coming to and leaving from your favorite streaming services. Here’s a guide to all the essential horror streaming this November: Well, well, well. I bet you thought Halloween was over just because it’s November now. Wrong….
★★★★★ Stars Directed by: #CarolineSuh Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: The members of BLACKPINK – Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé Film Review by: Alicia Moore Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’BLACKPINK are a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. With their debut…
“Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other…” Array has debuted the first official trailer for Funny Boy, the latest film from acclaimed Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (of Fire, Earth, Water, The Republic of Love, Heaven on Earth, Midnight’s Children). This is premiering directly on Netflix in December,…
Crossing the Streams is our monthly look at all the offerings hitting the big streaming services each month, and this time we’re checking out the new Netflix arrivals for November 2020. This month’s titles include Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, and the return of Kurt Russell as Santa Claus! Keep…
Sean Connery led with his shoulders and his wicked grin. Raised in a tenement in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was a brawler, sailor, footballer, and bodybuilder before turning to show business. He went on to become a movie star and accomplished film actor—though with a turbulent private life, a flair for provocation, and a propensity for…
★★★★ Directed by: #HarveyKadijk Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #HarveyKadijk and #JolijnvanDulken Starring: #MelisaAlkanlar, #RomyBlom, #AbelSanders Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film Review by Lucy Clarke Dion is a lonely figure. Her long face and dark hair are permanently shrouded in a grey…
This year should have been the 98th annual county fair that takes place in my state. While some have never taken an interest in a Hawaiian event that brings in massive crowds, the waft of a cotton candy, noisy rides and a glowing carousal, the fair is always something I eagerly await. Read moreA Guide…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
Noooooooo not another!! The one-and-only Sean Connery has died at age 90. His family reports that he has been “unwell for some time” (via BBC), and passed away in the Bahamas with much of his family with him. The original James Bond! Indiana Jones’ dad! And so many other iconic roles in so many outstanding…
Two rules of thumb apply to today’s woke culture. The first is something Hollywood ignores at its own peril — “get woke, go broke.” Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe second is equally true. “You can never be woke enough…” The latter proves true once more with a scathing IndieWire story about…
Singer and unabashed patriot Ava Aston isn’t a fan of artists disrespecting the National Anthem. The version AlfonZo Rachel wrote was a striking exception. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho Marathon“He orchestrated and arranged this really beautiful, bluesy version of the Anthem. It was still very respectful,” Aston says. Read moreRobert Stack Finally…
★★★ Directed by: #AlishahAhmad and #AmberWright Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #BenArcher and #OscarRobinson Starring: #AlexTuohy, #OliviaFreeman, #NualaWalsh, #SafiaOakleyGreen, #AmeeraLayla and #LauraAlexander Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Film review by: Brian Penn It’s difficult to know exactly where to start with Last Rites;…