David Gant Archives

Snowflake (2017)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 31, 2020Meta-Fiction/Hitmen Discover They Are Characters in a Screenplay

A insanely madcap work of meta-fiction. Imagine stupider versions of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction mixed with Stranger Than Fiction as they discover they are fictional characters

Director: Adolfo J. Kolmerer

Actors: Reza Brojerdi, Erkan Acar, Xenia Assenza, David Masterson, …

Category: Fantasy

31 August 20208 July 2026 by Roog

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Rating: ★★

Nov 16, 1999Historical Epic

Luc Besson takes on the Joan of Arc story with then wife Milla Jovovich in the title role but in Besson's hands it becomes a crazed historical action film that unquestioningly accepts Joan's visions as real

Director: Luc Besson

Actors: Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, …

Category: Fantasy

16 November 199916 September 2019 by Roog

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 26, 2007"True Life" Werewolf

From Paco Plaza, a beautifully made film supposedly based on a true incident featuring Julian Sands as a man placed on trail in 19th Century Spain with the defence that he is a werewolf

Director: Paco Plaza

Actors: Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky, John Sharian, David Gant

Category: Horror

26 March 200729 June 2021 by Roog

The Devil’s Chair (2006)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 9, 2011Demonic Portal in an Abandoned Asylum

Solid offering from the increasingly underrated Adam Mason that takes more than a few leaves from Hellraiser with a ghostsbusting team investigating occult happenings in an abandoned asylum

Director: Adam Mason

Actors: Andrew Howard, David Gant, Louise Griffiths, Matt Berry, …

Category: Horror

9 March 20112 December 2024 by Roog

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 30, 2016Anime/Computer Game Adaptation

Anime film released to accompany the computer game. Dazzling, epic-sized animation, mocapped in photorealistic detail that wows the eye on a scale that Western animators never come near

Director: Takeshi Nozue

Actors: Aaron Paul, Lena Headey, Sean Bean, Liam Mulvey, …

Category: Fantasy

30 October 201612 June 2026 by Roog

The Fitzroy (2017)

Rating: ★★

Sep 2, 2019Gonzo Alternate Reality/Rundown Hotel

Eccentric and unclassifiable British film that takes place in some kind of gonzo alternate reality aboard a submarine converted into a hotel. The nearest equivalent one can think of in comparison is Delicatessen

Director: Andrew Harmer

Actors: Cerith Flinn, Jan Anderson, David Schaal, Sarah Griffin, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 September 201914 February 2026 by Roog