Review: Amanda (2020) – Love Me Tender

Mikhaël Hers' Amanda begins with single mother Sandrine (Ophélia Kolb) explaining the phrase 'Elvis has left the building' to her 7-year-old daughter Amanda (Isaure Multrier). The payoff for this moment doesn't come until the closing minutes of an often dreary film but it is this lingering saying, a mixture of melancholy and optimism, that clings …

Review: Military Wives (2020) – Keep Calm and Choir On

While for some Military Wives will feel like its own thing, a heartfelt story about different forms of courage. To me, it feels like a continuation of a trend that seems to be continuing unabated, with varying degrees of success. The cynical side of me can't help but see the releases of films about adults …

Review: Fantasy Island (2020) -Strangest Prequel Ever

If there was a television property ripe for adaptation into a horror film, it would be anything but Fantasy Island. Not only was it campy (even for the 70s) but it was a series where everything worked out just as it was meant to, even if that result wasn't what you expected. It was a …

Review: The Invisible Man (2020) – Heard But Not Seen

While Leigh Whannell's previous feature Upgrade looked at the way technology removes our freedom and choice from us, sometimes quickly but more often than not slowly and without notice. His latest, an adaptation of The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, similarly toys with its characters freedom but here the constricting forces are different. Be it …