A horror-themed punk band are sent to a farm to record a hit song in The Gesuidouz. Hanako (Natsuko) is the leader of The Gesuidouz, a punk-rock band with lyrics using the titles of horror films. The band’s manager is frustrated that nobody knows that The Gesuidouz’s first album “Toxic Avengers Infinity War” exists and…
With Pride occuring this week in Toronto, today’s group of recommendations deal with recent releases that have 2SLGBTQ+ themes. At the top of the list is the recent Criterion Collection release of the Wachowski’s debut film Bound. Some of the other selections I chose include the LGBTQ wresting documentary Out in the Ring, the horror-adjacent…
Bodysnatching aliens try to make a home for each other on planet Earth in The Becomers. An alien forced to evacuate their planet lands on Earth and takes the form of first Francesca (Isabel Alamin) and later Carol (Molly Plunk). “Carol” is eventually reunited with their lover, who takes the form of Carol’s husband George…
An escaped cult member helps a police officer locate his kidnapped daughter in God is a Bullet. One Christmas, desk jockey police officer Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is distraught to discover his ex-wife murdered and his teenage daughter Gabi (Chloe Guy) kidnapped by a Satanic cult led by the sadistic Cyrus (Karl Glusman). Bob is…
A morbidly obese man tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter in The Whale. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a homosexual English professor who ballooned in weight after the tragic death of his partner. After having a near-fatal heart attack, Charlie is told by his nurse and friend Liz (Hong Chau) that he will die…
It’s a very special revisiting post for you today. Ten years ago today, I finally saw Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko for the first time after months of trying. The film was a victim somewhat of 9/11, in which it was essentially buried during its original theatrical release in October 2001. It wasn’t until it was…
