This week we review the well-worn classic film Soylent Green (1973), dir. Richard Fleischer. YES, that’s right! Hot Bloods is tackling Classics! And has somehow managed to cultivate the audacity needed to critique one of the movies that defined cinema as we know it! Buckle up, cowpokes. Lauren's verdict: In order to review a classic… Continue reading Movie review: Soylent Green
Hot Bloods is back! Did you miss us? This time, we're reviewing the horror comedy film Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), dir. Crispian Mills, currently available to watch on Netflix in Australia. Lauren's verdict: Don (Finn Cole), an apathetic British teen, is pushed to attend fancy boarding school - Slaughterhouse - following his father’s death. Don is… Continue reading Movie review: Slaughterhouse Rulez
This week we kick off our Hot Bloods Fantasy film reviews, and as tempting as it was to watch Dwayne Johnson in The Scorpion King for the eighteenth time, we decided instead to roll the dice with a Netflix Original. Project Power (2020), dir. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Lauren's verdict: “Power” is the latest… Continue reading Movie review: Project Power
Continuing on with our sci-fi reviews, this week we're talking I Am Mother (2019), dir. Grant Sputore. Prepare yourselves for extinction events, a maternal robot, some weird ethics tests, and dilemmas of trust and good faith. Lauren's verdict: The human race is near extinct, and a desolate wasteland of dry earth is all that remains… Continue reading Movie review: I Am Mother
Happy new year, our loyal readers. We hope you had a fantastic festive season! Hot Bloods Writing Club is back this week, and with a whole new genre to explore – we'll be kicking off 2021 with sci-fi films! First up is Mute (2018), dir. Duncan Jones. Lauren's verdict: Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) is a man… Continue reading Movie review: Mute
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