Review – Borderline (2025)

April 25, 2025 / cinephellas / Leave a comment

Logan and Henry share their take on the dark comedy Borderline, featuring Ray Nicholson as a crazed stalker obsessed with a pop star, portrayed by Samara Weaving. They dive into the film’s twisted humor and intense performances. The duo also discusses the movie’s bold take on obsession and fame. Be sure to click like and subscribe for more great movie reviews!

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“A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles.”

Review – Annihilation (2018)

March 25, 2018 / cinephellas / Leave a comment

by Old King Clancy

As a writer, Alex Garland has had a hand in some of the best sci-fi of the 21st Century with 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Dredd under his belt. He continued that trend into his directorial debut, Ex_Machina, which ended up as my top film for that year. When his latest film, Annihilation, got in the news for being considering too ‘smart’ for the average audience and sent straight to Netflix everywhere except the US, Canada, and China, you couldn’t help but wonder exactly how smart Garland had made his film. Especially, when you factor in that both Garland and one of the producers refused to bow into the studio demands to dumb the movie down.

Having now finally seen it, I’m glad Garland stuck to his guns because Annihilation is one of the most unapologetic cases of Hard Sci-Fi I’ve seen for a while.

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