Tag: Guest Review

A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1979

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1979. While I’ve admittedly seen a lot of films in my…


The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 03 – Malevolence (2003) and Bereavement (2010)

Cinefessions starts the new year off right with the first of twelve planned podcasts for 2014! This month, Chris, Ashe, and Branden review a pair of low-budget slasher films from Netflix Instant Queue: Malevolence (2003) and Bereavement (2010). After both films are reviewed, the trio also discusses some of their personal Cinefessions (films they need…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on You’re Next (2013)

Title: You’re Next (2013) Director: Adam Wingard Runtime: 95 minutes — You’re Next hit a number of film festivals by surprise in 2011 because it was so different than any other horror movie out there. Two years later, this indie darling gets a wide release with a lot of promotion behind it. But is You’re…


Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Riddick (2013)

Title: Riddick (2013) Director: David Twohy Runtime: 119 minutes — I expected quite a bit from Riddick. I loved Pitch Black (2000) and the animated movie – The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) – that served as a bridge between the first and second film, but I thought Chronicles of Riddick (2004) was just…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Don Jon (2013)

Title: Don Jon (2013) Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Runtime: 90 minutes — I love porn! There, I said it. There is a plethora of different types and styles of pornography out there so that one can never grow tired of it.  That notion is where we get Don Jon. A hot, little, Italian guy, in the…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Curse of Chucky (2013)

Title: Curse of Chucky (2013) Director: Don Mancini Runtime: 97 minutes — In 1988, Child’s Play was released in theaters, creeping me out as a kid. The series started with serial killer Charlie Lee Ray dying in a toy store and using some voodoo to transfer his soul into a “Good Guy” doll, the hottest…


A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1978

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1978. While I’ve admittedly seen a lot of films in my…