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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Alternatives to Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead: Desert of Ideas With Army of the Dead, co-writer-director Zack Snyder returns to the genre that made his name. Aided by an alleged $90 million budget, an epic run time and a release by streaming powerhouse Netflix, the film exemplifies the pitfalls of a “bigger is better” mentality. Not without its…
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THE LAST KNOCK presents: Shorts Roundup
Shorts Roundup: Independent Film 2020 was a difficult year for everybody – we were forced to acclimate to a global pandemic that brought economic uncertainty, while civil unrest felt like a daily occurrence in the United States. In the meantime, major studios struggled with the best way to release multimillion-dollar blockbusters as the spread of…
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Outside the Top 5
Outside the Top 5: 2020’s Runner’s Up Crash’s Picks Face Your Fears – An anthology only on Amazon Prime, these compelling horror stories were all top award winners at a film festival. The Call – This South Korean entry tells the tale of Seo-Yeon, who lives in the present, and Young-Sook, who…
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We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders: A Grungy Cinema Verité Head Trip by Susan Leighton
When Found Footage Gets Real: Grungy Cinema We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders is Josh Reed’s latest effort and it takes the heist movie gone horribly wrong premise and adds crystal meth into the mix for a mind-blowing cinema verité exercise. This is not a movie for people who are readily put off by…
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We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders by Susan Leighton
When Found Footage Gets Real: The Visceral Appeal of We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders “Found Noir” is the description that has been given to Australian filmmaker, Josh Reed’s latest effort, We’re Not Here to Fuck Spiders. The director knows his way around a horror film having helmed the 2010 production, Primal which cemented his…
