Category Archives: Rewatch

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Ross Birks

Tim Burton’s Nashville. Lovably zany, eye-poppingly colourful and animated by a pretty insane ensemble cast of 90s big hitters and Burton regulars. You even get two Jack Nicholsons for the price of one. I love all the throwback flourishes like the … Continue reading →

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Road to Perdition (2002)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Ross Birks

Conrad Hall’s cinematography…jaw-dropping. The precision in the images and visual story is intoxicating. This is celluloid as ash, the grain glazing everything over in a frosty, funeral-like haze. It’s moody and painterly. A gangster B-pic as seen by Edward Hopper. … Continue reading →

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American Beauty (1999)

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Ross Birks

Oh boy does a lot of this not hold up but that Conrad Hall lighting is still absolutely gorgeous. Very much a 1999 movie that I once considered one of the Greatest Movies of All Time. Sadly it established a … Continue reading →

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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Ross Birks

This spends a lot of its meandering running time avoiding being a TCM movie altogether. There’s so much ambling around in the woods which never seem as expansive or cavernous enough to justify all the characters constantly splitting apart and … Continue reading →

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The Master (2012)

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Ross Birks

“You can’t take this life straight can you?” This time around (my fifth? sixth?) I really latched onto the movie as a rumination on performance and specifically its contrasting of acting styles. Phoenix represents the angry, visceral, tormented style birthed in … Continue reading →

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Not Fade Away (2012)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Ross Birks

“When you’re singing the blues, the lyric line often starts “Woke Up This Morning”. Life just comes and fucks you right over, right?” – Pat, Not Fade Away “Woke Up This Morning, got yourself a gun” – Opening theme to The Sopranos … Continue reading →

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The Game (1997)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Ross Birks

The one Fincher flick everyone agrees is underrated, right? Every time I return to The Game I’m struck by the level of craft Fincher applies to an otherwise dopey idea. It’s not hard to imagine the various, sensational ways this … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man (2002)

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Ross Birks

Revisiting Spider-Man in a post-MCU headspace is quite the trip. This is what a cutting edge superhero blockbuster looked and sounded like in 2002. I was eleven years old when I first saw Raimi’s movie in the cinema and I … Continue reading →

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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Ross Birks

I suppose the biggest compliment I can lay on a lot of these recent Marvel movies is that by the time the home video release comes around, I find myself giddily anticipating a rewatch. My eagerness to take Thor: Ragnarokfor … Continue reading →

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The Conjuring (2013)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Ross Birks

I keep returning to The Conjuring every few years not because it scares the shit out of me – it doesn’t – but because Wan clearly aspires to a certain level of craft and calibre within the genre and pours … Continue reading →

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