Netflix: Verónica (2017)

Six months after playing with an Ouija board, Madrid teenager Estafania Gutierrez Lazaro died suddenly and inexplicably in August of 1991. Known as the “Vallecas” case, the series of events which allegedly took place have often been likened to the controversial Enfield Poltergeist case in Britain. Spanish director Paco Plaza, creator of the popular [REC]

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Review: Dark City (1998)

As the second month of 2018 comes to an end, you may be surprised to know that Alex Proyas’ Dark City turned twenty-years-old, one of a number of films I was exposed to as a teenager and aspiring film buff by Foxtel’s annoyingly repetitive schedule. Like many films that’ve gone to achieve widespread acclaim, this

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Blu-ray Review: Fair Game (1986)

Anyone who’s seen the documentary Not Quite Hollywood would recall Quentin Tarantino speaking with much enthusiasm about the audacity of tying a half-naked woman to the hood of a truck, an image which has become a fixture of Ozploitation cinema. Now for the first time on Blu-ray, Umbrella Entertainment have unleashed the Australian classic Fair Game

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Netflix: The Ritual (2017)

Three years ago when Netflix officially arrived in Australia the underwhelming amount of content in comparison to the paradise of choice enjoyed elsewhere barely justified the monthly subscription fee. Now I feel the streaming service earns its keep every time I log in, with new titles appearing almost daily. One of the latest acquisitions is

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