# brian cox (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brian cox. Page: Feed: --- ## [Review: Our Hero, Balthazar](https://www.filmireland.net/review-our-hero-balthazar/) _2026-08-20 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ A darkly comic tale of teenage ambition, performative activism, and an unlikely friendship, Norma Farley Bodie looks at 'Our Hero, Balthazar.' ## [Review: From the Human to the Inhuman](https://www.filmireland.net/review-from-the-human-to-the-inhuman/) _2026-08-19 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ Rouzbeh Rashidi’s From the Human to the Inhuman offers an unusually intimate portrait of an experimental filmmaker attempting to make sense of his own practice. Ahead of his workshop, Neil Cadieux takes a look. ## [Review: Testing Limits Short Films at Gaze](https://www.filmireland.net/review-testing-limits-shorts-block-at-gaze/) _2026-08-17 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ Sleek, sexy, and thrilling: Khushi Jain reviews the Testing Limits shorts block at Gaze. ## [Podcast: Dr Chanté Mouton-Kinyon (Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator)](https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-dr-chante-mouton-kinyon-daniel-oconnell-the-emancipator/) _2026-08-16 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ Recorded live at the Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington, D.C.,we talk film, history and politics with Dr Chanté Mouton-Kinyon, exploring Daniel O’Connell’s legacy and the Irish-Black cultural exchange. ## [Review: A Look Back at Sweet Country](https://www.filmireland.net/review-a-look-back-at-sweet-country/) _2026-08-14 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ A Western unlike any other, Sweet Country is a brutal but beautiful exploration of colonial violence in 1920s Australia. In this review from the archives, Ellen Murray considers Warwick Thornton’s powerful film & Sam Neill’s compelling performance as preacher Fred Smith. ## [Article: “Making a film like this is a celebration of the arrogance of youth” – Seán Treacy on Where We Left Off](https://www.filmireland.net/article-making-a-film-like-this-is-a-celebration-of-the-arrogance-of-youth-sean-treacy-on-where-we-left-off/) _2026-08-13 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ From DIY ambition to professional filmmaking, Seán Treacy reflects on 'Save Me From Heaven', grief, and the next stage of his career at the Galway Film Fleadh. ## [Short Film Review: My Friend, Kev](https://www.filmireland.net/review-my-friend-kev/) _2026-08-13 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ A quietly unsettling portrait of friendship and radicalisation. My friend, Kev follows Colin Peppard as he reconnects with a friend whose politics have taken a dramatic turn. Hayley Jorja reviews ## [Review: Super Troopers 3](https://www.filmireland.net/review-super-troopers-3/) _2026-08-12 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ Broken Lizard’s moustachioed law men and women are back, older but no wiser, delivering another gloriously vulgar dose of chaos. Paul Farren writes up Super Troopers 3. ## [State of the Arts: The Art Of The TV Spin-Off with Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory, Stuart Fails To Save The Universe)](https://www.filmireland.net/state-of-the-arts-the-art-of-the-tv-spin-off-with-bill-prady-the-big-bang-theory-stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe/) _2026-08-12 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ Des Doyle sits down with The Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady to discuss his new series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. ## [Review: Uchronia](https://www.filmireland.net/review-uchronia/) _2026-08-11 · Film Ireland Editor · Film Ireland - Get into Film_ A tour de force of queer cinema, 'Uchronia' is camp, queer, and uncompromising. Its ghosts resurrect revolutionary voices erased from history, casting a caustic eye over nationalism, colonialism, fascism, and the commodification of queerness. Naemi Victoria takes a look. ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bWPCbe80WasM) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [HCF Review - The Wanderers](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/08/hcf-review-wanderers.html) _2026-08-05 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ ADRIFT IN TOKYO (2007) A tale of desperate loners, debt collectors, and even potential murder, isn’t exactly the sort of fare that is typically considered easy watching. But Satoshi Miki’s meandering hangout movie Adrift in Tokyo is anything but typical. Rather than being something like the gruelling Yakuza pictures one of its stars has appeared in this is more a strange and melancholy drama. It’s… ## [HCF Review - The Getaway](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/07/hcf-review-getaway.html) _2026-07-30 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ ONCE A THIEF (1991) Discussions of John Woo’s classic run in the late 1980s to early 1990s often omit this caper, but unlike Bullet in the Head it’s not a case of it being too bleak. Plus the stars are all here; Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-Fat return from the Better Tomorrow films, as do several other familiar faces. So are the locations the director enjoys; this time Paris. Perhaps it’s because… ## [Review Roundup - Gods and Monsters](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/07/review-roundup-gods-and-monsters.html) _2026-07-23 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ THE ODYSSEY (2026) Like The Dark Knight there's a sense that some of the material in Homer's epic, and its predecessor The Iliad , could have a tendency to become rather silly. There are a lot of choices to unpack in Christopher Nolan's modernist (or perhaps minimalist) adaptation but the way he's decided to depict certain ideas and images is one of the biggest. He must have considered this one of… ## [HCF Review - Gold Rush](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/07/hcf-review-gold-rush.html) _2026-07-09 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ BULLET IN THE HEAD (1990) Of all John Woo’s Hong Kong projects this is probably the most overlooked, perhaps because it doesn’t star Chow Yun-fat, or perhaps because of its sometimes gruelling nature. The behind the scenes story is well known but after a disagreement with producer Tsui Hark about a third A Better Tomorrow the pair went their separate ways. The official third movie is best… ## [Horror Bites - Man Yells at Cloud](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/06/horror-bites-man-yells-at-cloud.html) _2026-06-25 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ NOPE (2022) Nope is a weird movie. In a complementary sense; a long forgotten review of Get Out on this blog suggested that it should have been more unnerving and also funnier. Which is an oddly specific complaint that has been addressed here. The characters are more eccentric, the tone is more peculiar, and the horror moments are much stranger. Which is saying something when the overall vibe of… ## [Review Roundup - Eye of the Tiger](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/06/review-roundup-eye-of-tiger.html) _2026-06-17 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ SEND HELP (2026) Time for a double helping of people surviving dire situations and overcoming certain doom. In the case of Send Help the ideal version of this story was already told in Hell in the Pacific ; pitting an unlikely duo stranded on an island against each other. However, this is also the return of Sam Raimi who hasn't directed anything fun for very a long time. The couple of misfires… ## [HCF Review - Déjà Vu](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/06/hcf-review.html) _2026-06-17 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ RIVER (2023) While Junta Yamaguchi’s Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes asked what someone might do if they could see (a very short time) into the future, this later project asks what might happen if that same amount of time kept repeating itself. Taking the concept from Groundhog Day and shrinking it down so much doesn’t seem like a great idea. How can there even be enough room to tell a story and… ## [HCF Review - Summer Daze](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/06/hcf-review-summer-daze.html) _2026-06-09 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ SUMMER TIME MACHINE BLUES (2005) Time travel stories exist in a variety of formats whether they’re deadly serious or farcical, but sometimes it’s fun to sit back and enjoy a story with low stakes. In this case the rather silly tone disguises a well planned time-warp adventure, even if the story revolves around some kids trying to kill time during a heatwave. However, the plot is in the realm of… ## [HCF Review - Bullet Ballet](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/03/hcf-review-bullet-ballet.html) _2026-03-28 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ HARD BOILED (1992) ‘John Woo is… God,’ claims an old trailer for his final Hong Kong action movie. The quotes used almost manage to capture the madness that is Hard Boiled , a crime thriller from a master at the zenith of his powers, which is also described as ‘more exciting than a dozen Die Hards ‘. But look again and you’ll find that this hyperbole is correct; the results are an exaggerated… ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sTrgqXtW4UCv) _2026-03-28 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Review Roundup - Planes, Trains...](https://synth-cinema.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-roundup-planes-trains.html) _2026-02-12 · Mocata · @synth\_cinema_ SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE (2025) Time for an unexpected (but welcome) surprise in the form of a sequel to the Finnish action flick Sisu . Was this even advertised? The box office takings, much like 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple , suggest not. The theatrical screenings were also limited which doesn't exactly help matters. Maybe they should have just stuck a 'Part 2' on the title and saved themselves…