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25 Alternative Valentine’s Day Movies
Choosing a film to watch with your significant other, regardless of it being Valentines Day is a difficult task. He likes Sundancey-Indie, Mumblecore films and you like Musicals. She likes horror...
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All This Mayhem (2014) [Review]
All This Mayhem is a searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional...
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11 Movies That Will Not Set ‘The Mood’.
11 Movies That Will Not Set ‘The Mood’ In response to my previous post about 25 ‘alternative’ movies that were pleasant enough to watch with your significant other, I thought it only fair to include...
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Netflix Pick: Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. Every now and then I peruse Netflix for something completely...
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Movieblort’s Top Documentaries on UK Netflix (Part 1)
Movieblort’s Top Documentaries on UK Netflix (Part 1) Navigating the many categories on Netflix can be a challenge but one thing it is great at doing is showcasing a great array of documentaries. With...
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Netflix Pick: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Three pets escape from a California ranch to find their owners in San Francisco. After feeling suitably disturbed from watching Sleepers, I needed to balance the books. Scrolling endlessly through...
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Netflix Pick: Hot Rod (2007)
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life – to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation. Andy Samberg does what...
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Netflix Pick: Miss Violence (2010)
On her birthday, 11-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony to her death with a smile on her face. An investigation is started as to the reason for this apparent suicide, but the family keeps...
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Netflix Pick: Mardaani (2014)
A cop’s search for a missing teenage girl leads her to the depraved world of child trafficking. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between the fearless cop and a ruthless mafia kingpin. I’m not...
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Movieblort’s Top Documentaries on Netflix UK (Part 2)
Following on from the relatively successful part 1 of ‘top docs’, I’ve thrown together a second part for your viewing pleasure. As with before, click the title to watch the trailer and read the blurb...
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Guest Review: I Killed My Mother (2009)
I sat down and watched another one of my Fopp purchases the other day; “I Killed My Mother”. My friend who I watched it with, Matt, an avid film enthusiast, Chelsea fan and album reviewer back in the...
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Ilo Ilo (2013) [Review]
Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignite the mother’s jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region. From Director Anthony Chen is his award-winning...
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Netflix Pick: Hot Coffee (2010)
How the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right-wing crusade to weaken civil justice. Most people have heard of that case where the woman complained...
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Superfast (2015) [Review]
Superfast – 2/10 I really don’t know what possessed me to watch this film. Having only recently seen all the Fast and Furious films, a parody of it by the directors who you can hold accountable for...
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Netflix Pick: Starlet (2012)
Starlet Browsing the many titles on Netflix once more, after the dust had settled from reviewing Fantasia Festival, I was struck with that same feeling again of uncertainty staring at a long list of...
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Grigris (2013) [Review]
Grigris is the Palme d’Or nominated, Academy Award submission from Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. While it did not feature in the official selection, it has received widespread acclaim since...
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I Am Yours (2013) [Review]
After initially doing the rounds at a number of film festivals, then circulated by Film Movement and subsequently picked up on Netflix, “I Am Yours” is one of those films you are truly thankful was...
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Housebound (2014) [Review]
New Zealand’s niche genre of Horror-Comedy is back in full swing, with the excellent What We Do In The Shadows released late last year, and Deathgasm on its way too, Housebound raises the bar even...
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No (2012) [Review]
A simple title and a simple premise, No, documents the campaigns of both sides of the fence looking to either extend the Chilean President Augusto Pinochet’s reign of dictatorship, or to reject an...
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Movieblort’s Top Netflix Thrillers (UK)
Time for another list of films I’ve found on UK Netflix (other lists here), and this time it’s the turn of the ‘Thriller’. I’ve used the term loosely to pull together films that have a bit of an edge;...
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