Author Archives: Sam S-P

About Sam S-P

Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.

Review in Brief: Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Sam S-P

Who needs Ash? Lee Cronin’s addition to the Evil Dead franchise is just as, if not more, mischievously gnarly as the Sam Raimi-masterminded films, but he keeps things contained and personal throughout. Swapping out the usual cabin in the woods … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Alyssa Sutherland, Evil Dead Rise, Gabrielle Echols, Horror, Lee Cronin, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Sam Raimi, Thriller | Leave a comment

Paul Verhoeven Films Ranked

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/paul-verhoeven-films-ranked/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Basic Instinct, benedetta, black book, business is business, Elle, flesh and blood, Hollow Man, Katie Tippel, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Sci-fi, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, spetters, Starship Troopers, the 4th man, Total Recall, Turkish delight, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Where to Start with Wong Kar-Wai

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/wong-kar-wai-where-to-start/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-Wai, World Cinema | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam S-P

They only went and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK-ed SPIDER-VERSE. If the first film was “anyone can be Spider-Man” then this is “can (and should) Spider-Man save everyone?”. 2 years after several very different Spider-people crossed over to the world of Miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged across the spider-verse, Animation, Hailee Steinfeld, into the spider-verse, Jason Schwartzman, Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K Thompson, Kemp Powers, Oscar Isaac, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man, Superhero Movie | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: The Five Devils (2022/23)

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Sam S-P

THE FIVE DEVILS (I never did work out why it’s called that) is a captivating, beautiful and very weird sort-of time-travel story. The life of the Soler family is rocked when aunt Julia (Swala Emati) comes to stay and young … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Adèle Exarchopoulos, Drama, Fantasy, Léa Mysius, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, The Five Devils | 1 Comment

Review in Brief: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022/23)

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sam S-P

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is an endearingly strange and melancholic live-action/stop-motion animation hybrid mockumentary. An anthropomorphic shell called Marcel (Jenny Slate) lives with his grandma Connie (Isabella Rossellini) in the corner of an Air BnB and wonders where … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Animation, Dan Fleischer Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Mockumentery | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Rye Lane (2023)

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Sam S-P

Rom-coms have an established grammar and beats everyone expects you to hit, but RYE LANE follows its own rules. A chance meeting in a club bathroom sees two lost souls find each other following all-time bad breakups. Dom (David Jonsson) … Continue reading →