“Stories hurt, stories heal”. These are the opening words of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark – the newest horror feature by director André Øvredal (Autopsy of Jane Doe, Troll Hunter) and producer Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) to make it to the big screen. Continue Reading
Morné Venter
Emerging artist and lecturer working in South Africa. Interested in messes, horror, existentialism and the creative process. Ink is my spirit medium.
The Impossible Mission in Fallout? Keeping up the series’ good work
The Mission Impossible franchise has been an on-and-off staple of the action genre for my entire life essentially. Ever since my days as young child, Tom Cruise has been jumping on moving trains, wearing masks and getting punched in the face. And despite the series’ ongoing commitment to putting Tom Continue Reading
Does The Incredibles 2 have any relevance after a 14-year wait?
There are many that would claim that The Incredibles may just be the best Pixar film ever made (I do not fall in that camp for clarity sake but I thought it was a great film anyway). This is the Internet we are talking about so it must be true, Continue Reading
Hereditary is almost exactly what I am looking for in a horror film
The revival of horror on the mainstream circuit in the last couple of years is something I am certainly grateful for. The recent upsurgence has all but restored the waning audience faith in a genre long thought to have run its course among everyone except the most stalwart of fans. Continue Reading
Solo or: How Han doesn’t fly alone
I like to proclaim myself The Mildest Star Wars Fan in Universe™. I feel about the franchise the same way I feel about a beer every now and then, a trip to the hairdresser or a vegan meal. There are many things I am very fanatical about but Star Wars Continue Reading
Colossal: A head-scratching high-concept film
Every now and then there is a film that graces our screens that is just unquestionably “high concept”. You know the films I’m talking about: those odd projects that come out of left-field with a central premise that presents an oddly specific set of elements and often requires a certain Continue Reading
Call Me By Your Name: More than just a romantic story
Imagine the most European thing you can think of. Is it a sentient glass of red wine smoking a cigarette on a balcony overlooking Paris discussing the philosophical theories of Derrida? Because that is what I think of. Whatever your most European image might be though, I am almost certain Continue Reading
Molly’s Game pulls a poker face? Nope, we don’t know how the game works
Honestly, I don’t really get poker. I get confused about which card combinations are worth more than others. In fact, I have a hard time remembering the card combinations that make up the different game hands. There are more versions of the game than you can shake a hand of Continue Reading