waitsalive Reviews

Land (I) (2021)

Hauntingly beautiful

[9/10 · 10 March 2021]

A piece that finds beauty in bleakness and leads the viewer alongside the main characters deeply personal journey toward a type of rebirth after such a dreadful tragedy. This is real filmmaking and even though limited in dialogue. It carries a depth beyond its runtime. Wonderful.

Hunted (IV) (2020)

It's not what it thinks it is.

[4/10 · 9 March 2021]

Poorly developed characters set in a level of mysogyny not totally unique to a serial killer movie. Alas, the lack of cognitive storytelling fails to deliver any redeeming qualities within the story. A turn of direction within the female lead seemed to be lost in a screaming frenzy for the last 30 minutes and in what seemed an intentional senseless array of supporting characters only contributed to the whole mess as the movie bled out.

The Last Exorcism (2010)

Very hammy

[5/10 · 3 February 2021]

Average story led by an actor that hammed it up from the start. Poor decisions made by the exorcist team throughout, illogical and inconceived. Cartoonesque finale. Mockumentary style that was very of the time only added to the overacting. On the plus the actor playing the possessed played her part well and with a tweak here and there, the story could have been better. 5/10 may be a tad generous even.

The Sonata (2018)

So much style

[7/10 · 12 January 2020]

A decent horror flick that overall feels like a missed opportunity. About 20 minutes more for some backstory adding a touch more character development and I think we could have had a right winner. That and CGI looked like it came out of a video game. That all being said, I enjoyed it for the movie it should have been.

Dark River (2017)

Beautifully shot but utterly bleak

[5/10 · 24 February 2019]

Very well acted haunting drama filmed in a stunning part of England. The let down is it was hard to get past it's utter bleakness.

Elizabeth Harvest (2018)

Surreal psych horror

[9/10 · 8 October 2018]

Loved the nightmarish quality of this movie. A brilliant Doctors obsessive view on a lost relationship that he refuses to move on from, even in the aftermath of death itself. The flashback nightmarish red soaked scenes set the mood and tone throughout the heroine(s) movement in the movie. Arthouse in all the right ways.

Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager (2018)

A loving portrait of a true gentleman

[10/10 · 8 September 2018]

Beautifully poignant and refreshingly honest. The definitive insight into the thinking of a football manager featuring all the highs and lows. Great interviews with players past and current managers lend further weight to the legendary status Bobby Robson so richly deserved.