A film about a virus has had its release schedule changed because of a virus – with horror streaming service Shudder opting instead for a surprise release a few days ago. Blood Quantum, from First Nations indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, is a zombie flick with a twist. Set on the Mi’gMaq reserve in Quebec, the… TRAILER: entrails galore and a message about colonialism in zombie flick Blood Quantum Read More
Blood Quantum 3.5 stars
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Watching zombie movies in lockdown is a rollercoaster business. On the one hand, phew we’re safe at home! On the other, oh shit the fuckers are breaking in…. Blood Quantum Read More
Storm Boy 3 stars
When Michael Kingley, a retired businessman, sees images from his past that he can’t explain, he is forced to recall his childhood memories and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an orphaned pelican, Mr Percival. Arriving just in time for our locked-down Easter holidays, this film about self-isolation, loneliness, and our enduring connections to… Storm Boy Read More
Frozen 2 4 stars
Water may have memory, as Olaf believes (no doubt to the delight of homeopaths everywhere) but since turning 45, I don’t. I can barely recall Frozen, despite seeing it in the cinema more than once with my children. Still, I’m going to stick my neck out and say that this sequel, six years on, is something… Frozen 2 Read More
The Nightingale (Sundance London) 3 stars
It’s an easy get-out, to anoint a movie “a hard watch”, but Jennifer Kent’s period revenge thriller The Nightingale is just that. I went in with no other information beyond this being a follow up to The Babadook, a horror film about a menaced, powerless child but really about loneliness and grief. This is, in… The Nightingale (Sundance London) Read More