Jordan’s Cake is a message of hope to families with children on the spectrum, which also has the potential to completely challenge the contemporary misconceptions of children with autism. Continue reading
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Author Archives: Amelia Vandergast
Walk With Me DVD review: “Transformative cinema at its finest”
Walk With Me is a self-exploratory treat, that is so poignantly paced you can immerse in every breath, twig snap, boot in the dirt, beat of the drum and birdsong. Continue reading
![Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/bong-of-the-living-dead-still-1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]")
Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]
With a name like Bong of the Living Dead, I didn’t anticipate more than stoner slapstick to the horror-comedy but thankfully this indie film delivered much more. Continue reading
Pyewacket DVD Review: “A contemporary score that bleeds deviant angst”
In a bold move Pyewacket writer and director Adam Macdonald creates a contemporary score that bleeds pure deviant angst Continue reading
Gook DVD review: “A sobering struggle of rigid racial tension”
Intense, interesting and always surprisingly different. Continue reading
![The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/the-childish-thing-still-6.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]")
The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]
It plays on this fear of bittersweet, gut-ripping nostalgia perfectly whilst being pretty silly but who doesn’t like silly things? Continue reading
Brimstone DVD review: “A piously palpable western with Dakota Fanning in her best role yet”
Martin Koolhoven’s inexplicable feminist masterpiece with all the blood, gore and pistols of your traditional westerns. Continue reading
