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Rigor Mortis

London Film Festival 2013: Rigor Mortis Review

By 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 […]

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the strange color of your bodys tears

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

By 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 […]

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why don't you play in hell

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

By 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 […]

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Salvo

London Film Festival 2013: Salvo Review

By on 22/11/2013

This Italian mob story tells the story of brooding Salvo (Saleh Bakri).  He is a mafia hitman who in the opening scene guns down some hitmen how have cornered him. Salvo gets one to talk who tells him that Renato hired them. He goes to his house to kill him in one of the best […]

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