Author Archives: Sam S-P

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About Sam S-P

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

Review in Brief: Psycho Goreman (2020)

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Sam S-P

If it wasn’t for all the splattery gore, this would be a great feelgood Amblin-style kids adventure movie. As it is, PSYCHO GOREMAN is an unholy union between FLASH GORDON and the TOXIC AVENGER, which is admittedly odd but works … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Sam S-P

Make no mistake, SPIRAL is a SAW movie, it’s not a bold new direction for the franchise. Bafflingly someone says at one point “Jigsaw didn’t target cops”, which makes you wonder how closely people have been watching the other films … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Oxygen (2021)

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Sam S-P

An amnesiac woman (Mélanie Laurent) wakes up in a sci-fi cryo pod and has to figure out why she is there and how to escape using her logic and an only intermittently helpful AI (Mathieu Amalric). There have been lots … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Army of the Dead (2021)

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Sam S-P

Zack Snyder is clearly relieved to be done with superheroes for now and has returned to the genre that broke him through: the zombie movie. Unfortunately ARMY OF THE DEAD is an over-stuffed and largely ponderous affair. The promising premise … Continue reading →

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Ben Wheatley Films Ranked

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/ben-wheatley-films-ranked/ SSP

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Review in Brief: Willy’s Wonderland (2021)

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Sam S-P

WILLY’S WONDERLAND is proof positive that nobody needs to make a FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S movie now. Nicolas Cage is a silent janitor with borderline superhuman capabilities seemingly imbued by energy drinks fighting animatronic mascots possessed by a cannibal cult. … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: The Reckoning (2020)

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Sam S-P

It’s hard to put your finger exactly on what went wrong with THE RECKONING. It’s director Neil Marshall firmly back in his comfort zone, hybridising horror with another well-trod genre (in this case a historical witchfinder film) and he still … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Palm Springs (2020)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Sam S-P

PALM SPRINGS is a GROUNDHOG DAY-alike that actually manages to surpass Harold Raimis’ classic in many ways. It’s raucously hilarious with some incredibly dark passages but what really makes it special is its unexpected philosophical profoundness and completely earnest sweetness. … Continue reading →

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Where to Start with Bong Joon-ho

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/where-to-start-with-bong-joon-ho/ SSP

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Review in Brief: Black Bear (2020/21)

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Sam S-P

There have been plenty of meta, reality-bending films about writing a screenplay, many from this century made by Charlie Kaufman. BLACK BEAR boasts a wonderful performance from Aubrey Plaza as an actor turned-writer-director looking for inspiration, but asks you to … Continue reading →

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