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timespace coordinates: 2026 suburban Seattle home, with the whole world being affected by a mysterious disaster The Last House is a 2026 American science fiction thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Matthew Robinson. It stars Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. (wiki) imdb
timespace coordinates: 1990’s San Jose, California Backrooms is a 2026 American science fiction psychological horror film directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons in his feature-length directorial debut, and written by Will Soodik. It is based on Parsons’s web series which was inspired by the “Backrooms” 4chan creepypasta. In the film, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a furniture store owner, and his…
timespace coordinates: alternate present-day Earth on the brink of nuclear war Disclosure Day is a 2026 American science fiction thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by Spielberg. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. (wiki) imdb
timespace coordinates: 1247 England The Death of Robin Hood is a 2026 American thriller film starring Hugh Jackman as Robin Hood in a dark adaptation of the 17th-century ballad Robin Hood’s Death. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the film also stars Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett, and Noah Jupe. It follows an aged Robin, who is tormented by his past killings as an outlaw and…
Reading “Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time” by James Gurney (Dinotopia 1)
“We once looked at pictures. Then, with the advent of computer vision and machine learning, pictures started looking at us. By the award-winning artist, filmmaker and thinker. Today our world is under the watchful and tireless eye of computer vision, with cameras and monitors tracing our every move. Furthermore, generative AI is now able to […]
timespace coordinates: 14th-century Europe and 1988 New Zealand Cast: Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish McFarlane, Marshall Napier, Noel Appleby, Paul Livingston, Sarah Perise Again, this is another early masterpiece of New Zealand film director Vincent Ward, which I deeply recommend to anyone watching or following this blog. Following the narration of Sam Neill in the […]
timespace coordinates: unspecified timeless past in Aotearoa Vigil is an absolutely incredible masterpiece of a movie by the visionary director Vincent Ward, a dripping, misty tale suspended in an almost mythical realm that straddles the real and the otherworldly fairy realm, both ravishing, beautiful, and stark, and it is a complete pleasure to be able […]
When I first watched this documentary on late-night TV in the 1990s, it blew me apart. I have been a fan of Ozploitation ever since Mad Max, Body Melt, Dead End Drive In and Razorback, but I admit I was not very familiar with the whole dark, gothic and splatter history of New Zealand cinema […]
Together is a 2025 supernatural body horror film written and directed by Michael Shanks in his feature-length directorial debut. A co-production between Australia and the United States, it stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple who move to the countryside, where they afflicted with a horrific curse. The film’s supernatural element is loosely based on the Greek myth of Hermaphroditus and the…
