The spooky season is well and truly upon us, friends – in fact, you might be looking to watch something a little scary yourself this weekend. In which case, this review may be arriving at your time of need, as we once again aim to help you pick the movies you'll love and avoid those… Continue reading Movie review: Apostle
As we enter the spookiest month of all, it seems only fitting that we at Hot Bloods take a brief reprieve from the classics to instead explore some appropriately spooky films as well – those deemed worthy of the label, horror. As we sit on the couch with bated breath, pillows clutched tightly to our… Continue reading Movie review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Continuing with our foray into classic films, this time we've opted for something a little lighter, with Steve Martin's The Jerk (1979), dir. Carl Reiner – a goofball, slapstick comedy, and Martin's first lead role in a feature film. Lauren's verdict: The movie opens - a man sits dishevelled in an alley, clearly having reached… Continue reading Movie review: The Jerk
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
In a misty rainforest on an alien moon, father and daughter, Damon (Jay Duplass) and Cee (Sophie Thatcher), dig for a valuable resource extracted carefully from organisms in the damp soil. Within the organisms lie precious Aurelac gems, rare only in the skill needed to safely extract them. This is Prospect (2018), dir. Christopher Caldwell… Continue reading Movie review: Prospect
Is that... is that Nicolas Cage? Why yes, it most certainly is. This week, we're reviewing the remake of Left Behind (2014), dir. Vic Armstrong, a story about an event on earth where a whole bunch of people just disappear all of a sudden. It's sci-fi, but with a whole bunch of biblical elements and… Continue reading Movie review: Left Behind
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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