Holger Haase reviews the first standalone English-language book dedicated to the Rialto series of Edgar Wallace ‘Krimi’ films. … More Book Review: German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Phenomenon: Dark Eyes of London
“A film about that complex relationship with the past…”
Robert JE Simpson reviews Ghostbusters: Afterlife … More Ghostbusters: Afterlife – review
“A fascinating testament to the complexity of the creative process, and the singular determination of one of the great cinematic visionaries of the last fifty years” – CinePunked’s Robert JE Simpson previews Terry Gilliam’s new film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote … More The Man Who Killed Don Quixote preview
Warning: review contains plot spoilers. This review of Season 8 of Game of Thrones takes the form of a transcribed conversation between CinePunked’s Robert JE Simpson (RS) and Dr Rachael Kelly (RK). RK: So. That last season of Game Of Thrones seems to have annoyed a couple of people. RS: I’m just annoyed I didn’t … More Review: Game Of Thrones
Let’s just start by erasing from memory 1999’s spectacularly overwrought, CGI-heavy nonsense. It’s better that way. For the purposes of discussion, the only Hill House texts that exist are Shirley Jackson’s seminal 1959 novel, the 1963 film adaptation (in which the title, as in 1999, was shortened to The Haunting), and the 2018 Netflix Original … More Review: The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? May as well be Withnail and I Part 2. Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant feed effortlessly off each other’s energy in this actor’s dream film about an immensely unlikeable writer. CinePunked’s Robert JE Simpson reviews. … More Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)
Clint Eastwood’s The Mule is an out-dated, mysogynistic, racist waste of time, says CinePunked’s Robert JE Simpson … More Review: The Mule (Clint Eastwood, 2018)
Flush with the possibility of award success, Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri is at risk of over-hype… … More Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
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