“Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it.” We’re spending our Rewind Christmas in Gotham, with Tim Burton’s eccentric 1992 comic book sequel Batman Returns. An abandoned aristocratic child, born with unfortunate physical deformities, grows up in the sewers below the city streets, eventually waging a circus-centric war on the populace at the big tree-lighting... Continue Reading →
“Okay. But dogs can look up.” We’re grabbing a nice cold pint and waiting for all this to blow over by spending our HalloRe’ewind episode with Edgar Wright’s beloved Brit rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. Developmentally-arrested 29-year-old electrical store employee Shaun’s slacker lifestyle, mostly spent whiling away his... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Gali “The streets are awash with drugs you can have for unhappiness and pain, and we took them all.” We’re heading to the murky hinterland of Edinburgh with Danny Boyle’s visceral 1996 sophomore feature Trainspotting. Erudite, sallow twenty-something Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) has chosen not to choose life - he’s chosen something... Continue Reading →
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair. The LV-RMP series continues to explore the Ridley Scott sequel universe with 2017’s Alien: Covenant. The crew of an intergalactic colonisation vessel is jolted from hypersleep by a catastrophic freak event while it is under the control of the ship’s android, Walter (Michael Fassbender). Reluctant to return... Continue Reading →
“Remember what we told you. You keep your eyes open. They're everywhere.” We’re popping in for a quick blood rave with 1998’s Marvel Comics adaptation Blade. Titular daywalker Blade (Wesley Snipes), otherwise known as Eric Brooks, stalks the streets to hunt and kill vampires, driven by a thirst for revenge after his mother was bitten... Continue Reading →
Introduced by Matt My uncle in Hong Kong would periodically treat myself and my younger sister to videos of new releases for Christmas—often before they hit UK shelves. These tantalising, foreign VHS tapes arrived adorned with Chinese text, alternate artwork, and (forgivably) hardcoded Cantonese subtitles. Broken Arrow was one of these arbitrarily-picked, prized possessions. I... Continue Reading →
Checkmate. Come join the Rewind Movie Podcast as we celebrate our Independence Day with Roland Emmerich’s 1996 sci-fi action spectacular. A drunk crop duster pilot with a painful memory of extraterrestrial abduction; an overqualified cable TV repairman and his elderly father; a hot shot Air Force ace, his exotic dancer girlfriend, and her cutesy kid;... Continue Reading →
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered what a stand-in stands on? Or whether the Base PA plays baseball? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about how and why they joined the movie business, how they... Continue Reading →
Pieces (1982) Film chosen and introduced by Matt "I’ll send you a case of lollipops." Det. Sgt. Holden, Pieces You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre! Prepare to be slayed by a withering look by the quintessential midnight movie—the Spanish-American slasher, Pieces—known in certain dark circles as Chainsaw Devil, Chainsaw Bastard, and also by... Continue Reading →
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? We delve into the murky, rain-soaked neon streets of 2019 Los Angeles for Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 sci-fi slow burner Blade Runner. Retired replicant hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is pulled back into duty when four illegal synthetic humanoids are reported to be loose in the... Continue Reading →
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