With its theme about foreboding phone calls, it feels easy to say that 着信アリ (One Missed Call) follows in the trail of Ringu, but given the central role technology claimed in our society around the 00s this feels more like a further exploration of tech in modern horror rather than any sort of ripoff. The core idea of Miike’s cell-horror is strong enough to stick out and the sheer idea of a phone call from the future to inform you…
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Tremors 1990
I can’t quite define it, but I feel like Tremors belongs to a very certain type of 80s and 90s creature-feature and carries an earnestness in its warm approach to monster horror. The film features some bloody kaiju-esque monsters but also puts loveable goofballs as its protagonist, walking a fine line towards being too silly without ever stepping over it. For all its silly antics, Tremors never forgets to be a true monster-film with some nice effects and an incredible…
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Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
“We didn’t do anything”
“Then who killed the world?”From the moment that Mad Max: Fury Road started, I couldn’t stop smiling. I sat through the entire first half of the movie with a giant smile on my face and partially even laughter, but by the end of the movie I had experienced both tears and gotten my mind blown to smithereens. George Miller’s fourth Mad Max movie is an action masterpiece, it packs in a superb soundtrack and so…
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Jaws 1975
“I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch”
Yesterday, I saw Jaws for the umptieth time and it struck me that it was not only a perfect movie, but also a perfect viewing.
I don't exactly know why, but to watch Steven Spielberg's breakthrough yesterday was such a perfect fit. The pleasant breeze of the summer have just started to crawl in and the last few days have meant…
