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Category: Capsule reviews

This is where we post brief reviews of films from any background: not necessarily Italian, not even European – just whatever has been playing on The Wildeye projector…

Anna Walton in Soulmate
June 26, 2016

Soulmate

Although Neil Marshall has taken a step back from directing films in recent years – a great shame, as he is amongst our most talented filmmakers – he does occasionally dip his toe back into the industry, for instance by producing his wife Axelle Carolyn’s debut release Soulmate in 2013

Yes, there's lots of running around in underground bunkers in Outpost 3
July 22, 2015

Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz

The 2007 film Outpost was a neat Nazi zombie flick that received generally positive reviews and did very well on DVD. Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz isn’t…

Glen Murphy in Lords of London
July 19, 2015

Lords of London

An impressively mis-marketed fantasy that is most assuredly not yet another Ray Winston gangster movie

Snabba Cash, aka Easy Money
March 2, 2015

Easy Money

There have been some authentically good Scandinavian crime films in recent years, and Daniel Espinosa’s Easy Money (based on the novel by Jens Lapidus) is one of them.

Simon Killer
February 19, 2015

Simon Killer

Coming from the same production ‘collective’ as the surprise hit Martha Marcy May Marlene, Simon Killer has many of the same themes – sociopathic…

February 14, 2015

A.D. Project

I always wondered what had happened to Eros Puglielli, the director of the revivalist giallo Eyes of Crystal in 2004. Well, he also made AD Project, a micro-budgeted 2006 production which was released straight to DVD

Luke Healy gets to grips with a slippery customer in Outpost 11
February 9, 2015

Outpost 11

Outpost 11 is one of those films that comes out of nowhere, is made for a handful of spare coppers and completely outstrips any expectations that you really should have for it.

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