For SetTheTape.com: “Escape Plan II – Film Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Stallone is back in Escape Plan II… for maybe a quarter or third of the running time, at least. Five years on from the original Escape Plan – co-starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – only Stallone and 50 Cent reprise their … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Escape Plan II – Film Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Allure – DVD Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Allure is one of the latest additions to LGBT cinema, though this entry is disturbing to the extent that it is likely to be locked, hidden away, and completely forgotten about. First-time directors, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, direct Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Allure – DVD Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: Lethal Weapon 4”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi 20 years ago, the Lethal Weapon franchise had effectively died. In recent years, a reboot of Lethal Weapon, in the form of a TV series, has proved to be entertaining for some, but troublesome for others. Lethal Weapon 4 marked the end … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: Lethal Weapon 4”

For SetTheTape.com: “You Were Never Really Here – Blu-Ray Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Disturbing as he is terrifying, a powerhouse Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) performance dominates in the gritty and impactful You Were Never Really Here, adapted from Jonathan Ames’ book of the same name, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “You Were Never Really Here – Blu-Ray Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Film”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Alongside a few feature-lengths, this year’s Telling Tales presented a superb diversity of films with a 30 minute or less running time. From the UK to the Netherlands and to America, a wide range of nationalities in filmmaking were on show, presenting … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Film”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Awards and Interview with Dr Lisa Gold”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The 2018 Telling Tales International Film & Audio Documentary Festival came to a conclusion with an intimate awards ceremony within Screen 1 of Manchester’s old Cornerhouse. Those who finished 3rd, 2nd and 1st were in receipt of a certificate and bouquet of … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Awards and Interview with Dr Lisa Gold”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: The Illuminators”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Antti Haase’s The Illuminators (Valontuojat) – the best film of this year’s Telling Tales – is a beautiful story of family history combined with Lapland’s electronic evolution. Opening with a helicopter journey, Antti presents stunning imagery of Lapland and its powerlines. Antti’s … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: The Illuminators”

For SetTheTape.com: “Iron Monkey – Blu-ray Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Beautifully restored in 2K, Yuen Woo-ping’s Iron Monkey is finally released on Blu-ray to be enjoyed again or discovered for the first time. This pre-Handover Hong Kong classic boasts a terrific story wrapped within the wildest choreography and martial arts fighting you … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Iron Monkey – Blu-ray Review”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio”

Audio appreciation outside of art installation, but consumed in the same manner as film, is a growing mode of entertainment. Telling Tales was proud yet again to display the best of student and professional audio documentary in the world today. Below are the three standouts from the festival: Iron Glove Velvet Fist Back in the […] via Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On both the first and last days of Telling Tales, audiences were treated to a selection of the finest short films from first-year undergraduate students. The student shorts were presenting a portrait style of story-telling. Some students constructed documentaries around their family … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Stand Up, Stand Out”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi David Pavlosky’s Stand Up, Stand Out opened the 2018 Telling Tales International Film and Audio Documentary Festival, as audiences witnessed a new and beautiful instalment of contemporary LGBT Cinema. The title itself refers to the art of stand-up comedy and the presentation … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Stand Up, Stand Out”

For SetTheTape.com: “Monochrome – DVD/VOD Review”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The young girlfriend of a pension fraudster is on the run. A Synesthesia-suffering investigator is after her. Monochrome parallels two character journeys, eventually interlocking, and transcending into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Monochrome begins with an externally shot house raid … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Monochrome – DVD/VOD Review”