★★★ “‘Roids and rage.” In a trans-continental coincidence, both Dieter and I ended up watching and writing our own, independent reviews of this. At least we agreed on the three-star rating! Well, you might or might not like the way this ends… However, you certainly will remember it. Credit director/co-writer… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★½ “Ze German WW2 Chainsaw Massacre” The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was fairly notorious in Britain in the eighties and nineties, being famously banned on video. Naturally, this meant I had to see it, and… I was initially underwhelmed. However, I’ve gradually come to appreciate its raw intensity over the years.… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “Puts the ‘hard’ in hard of hearing…” Daphne Wool (Varela) has finally had enough of her abusive husband, so has killed him, chopping up the corpse and keeping it in a storage locker. Which actually is a good thing, because it turns out he was wanted by the Mob,… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★ “It’s clearly no Nirvana…” Yes, let’s get the obligatory Kurt Cobain joke out of the way quickly and painlessly. This is instead about the Kurdish city, located in northern Syria, which came under assault from forces belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014-15. The defenders eventually repelled the… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★ “Sink or swim.” This is the story of Syrian sisters Yusra Mardini and her sister Sarah, played by real-life sisters Nathalie and Manal Issa. Growing up, they were trained by their father, a professional swimmer himself, and had the goal of reaching the Olympics for their country. The (still… Continue reading| Girls With Guns