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London Film Festival 2013: Northwest (Nordvest) Review

By Cognitive Space on 22/11/2013

Many crime stories tell a similar story of the characters rise (and in many times fall) of power. Some are told to such epic proportions that the story becomes far removed from everyday life. Occasionally a movie comes along with that same entertainment value of this epic crime stories but tells a very simple and […]

London Film Festival 2013: Rigor Mortis Review

By Cognitive Space on 22/11/2013

Rigor Mortis plays homage to the classic Hong Kong kung fu horror movies of the 80’s of which I’m a fan of. Hopping vampires known as Jiangshi and plenty of kung fu these films had them all. My first exposure to these were the Samo Hung classic Encounters of the Spooky and Lam Ching Ying […]

London Film Festival 2013: The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps) Review

By Cognitive Space on 22/11/2013

London Film Festival 2013: The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (L’étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps) Review “Style over substance in movie” is often used in negative sense to describe a movie that generally has a lot of visual style and uses this to compensate the lack of story. There are some movies […]

London Film Festival 2013 Review: Why Don’t You Play in Hell (Jigoku de naze warui)

By Cognitive Space on 22/11/2013

Why Don’t You Play in Hell is a ludicrously funny and bloody movie. It caused the largest roar of clapping and cheer in the cinema. I haven’t seen a reaction like that at the end of a film for some time Sion Sono has always been known for his envelope pushing movies from the controversial […]