NewsHorror
The Golem (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘The Golem’ is one of the rare horror films built around that folkloric creature, the golem. As with most golem tales, the golem…
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MarkRLeeper
January 2019
NewsFilms
The Favourite (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Early in the 18th century two members of the court of England’s Queen Anne fight a secret war between themselves to be the…
December 2018
NewsHorror
Cannibals And Carpet Fitters (2018): (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
A company of carpet installers goes on their worst job ever when they have to install carpets in a mansion with a family…
NewsAnime/manga
20th Annual Animation Show Of Shows (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
There are two or three annual films showing generally in art house theatres. They are collections of animated films that go on tours.…
NewsHorror
Suspiria (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
An American girl from Ohio gets an opportunity to study at a prestigious dance academy in Germany. She jumps at the prospect in…
November 2018
NewsFantasy
Isle Of Dogs (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Wes Anderson gives us ‘Isle Of Dogs’, a Science Fiction animated film in which the characters are intelligent dogs who talk like humans.…
NewsHorror
Bonehill Road (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
The wife and the daughter of a violent abuser flee his wrath and his sadism. They escape is only to be captured by…
October 2018
NewsScifi
Solis (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Talk about your bad mornings after. Asteroid miner Troy Holloway wakes up one day and finds his living quarters are almost too hot…
NewsHorror
Murders In The Zoo (1933) (a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
A world-famous wild animal trapper travels all over the planet to find animals for his zoo. What the world does not know about…
NewsCulture
First Man (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘First Man’ is a film that speculates on and tries to recreate the experience of being Neil Armstrong, going from his early flying…
NewsHorror
Strange Nature (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
In the rural wetlands of Minnesota near Duluth, Nature appears to be changing in some most unnatural ways. People living near the water…
September 2018
NewsCulture
Rodents Of Unusual Size (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
This is a documentary about nutrias. These are the world’s largest rodents, weighing in the range of 20 pounds or more. They began…