Emile Hirsch
Film Review: Son
The bond between mother and child is unique and begins in the womb. This closeness continues after birth, and whilst this physical and emotional connection gradually wanes over time, it’s often the strongest attachment we’re ever likely to have. The maternal relationship with a son is distinct in its own way and boys are often …
DVD Review: Never Grow Old
Emile Hirsch is one of those actors who seems to have starred in more films than you remember. He’s also got a fairly chequered personal history, and all this at just 34 years of age. After featuring in The Girl Next Door and Lords of Dogtown Hirsch made his big break in Into the Wild, …
Film Review: Freaks
The current rise in populism goes to show that as a society we are inherently suspicious of outsiders or people who are different from ourselves. This prejudice is often determined by appearance but sometimes it cuts much deeper. It’s a subject extensively tackled by superhero comics and genre cinema over the years. In Zach Lipovsky …
Blu-Ray Review: Lords of Dogtown
In 2001 Stacy Peralta made the documentary Dogtown and the Z-Boys. It was a very personal film for Peralta as he was one of the leading lights of the Zephyr skateboarding team. A team which took the sport of skateboarding by storm, against the backdrop of the poverty of ‘Dogtown’. Taking their influences from surfing …
Celluloid Screams Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The mythos and terror surrounding ghosts, ghouls, demons and the occult has long fascinated film makers and cinema goers alike. Whether it’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, M.R. James’ ghost stories, fairy tales, Twilight or traditional folklore, people are seemingly transfixed by the unknown or supernatural. This is particularly the case in film, especially around Halloween where …