If by 2007, you’d seen enough of shaky cam, then you’d be right. Since its prominent introduction in Blair Witch, it has been worn out. Yet the use of shaky cam, especially if done right, is particularly scary. Mainly because you don’t see everything, you see snippets. Those shadows in the corner, figures rushing past and a mysterious figure in the background are made worse by the grainy recording. When Spanish horror flick [REC] came out, there may have been so yawns, already sick of the...

Last week, we covered the heart breaking yet striking Studio Ghibli feature, Grave of the Fireflies. With that in mind and with a recent viewing, I have decided to explore another of Ghibli’s greats with my personal favourite Kiki’s Delivery Service. While most prefer more famed adventures including Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro or soul crushing films such as Fireflies, I can’t help enjoy this charming story about a young witch’s journey of self discovery. Kiki’s Delivery Service is...

There are some who compare Studio Ghibli to Walt Disney. The Japanese animation studios have provided us with some of the most ground breaking and beautiful anime cartoons. From sweeping animation in movies such as “Spirited Away” and “Howls Moving Castle” to captivating stories such as “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “My Neighbour Totoro,” Ghibli has catapulted into international acclaim, causing people to rush to their latest releases or screenings. So you may be right to compare Studio Ghibli...

When you think of New Zealand, what do you think of? Flight of the Concords? The All Blacks? The Hobbit scenery? Sheep? Yep, sheep. Somehow  New Zealand is famous for having an extremely large population of such a small island. In fact, there is an estimated 1, 078, 000, 000 sheep in the world with 40 million of those concentrated in the country. Now, imagine if all those sheep started to get infected with a zombie like illness that turns them into man eating beasts where one bite turns a...

Mads Mikklesen is pretty much everywhere nowadays. If he isn’t starring as brilliant serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal then he is playing opposite Bond in Casino Royale, or fighting Musketeers. Mikklesen has leaped over to Western cinema and television and our audiences are happy to have him. Yet, in his home country Denmark, Mikklesen still enthrals and delights in some extremely hard hitting dramas such as this topical, unnerving and unrelenting drama The...