So long January, we thought you’d never end. We’re now at that point in the semester where you’re trying to figure how little you can get away with contributing in seminars, and you’re not really ready […]
Why we’re in love with La La Land
As controversy abounds surrounding La La Land‘s record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations, In The Middle discusses whether the film really is worth the hype… This year’s Oscar nominations are in and it’s official – everyone is […]
Review: Split – invigoratingly unique horror
At first I was extremely wary of this film. Anything which negatively dramatises the effects of mental illnesses or disorders is something I find uncomfortable to approach. Fortunately, Shyamalan’s portrayal of Dissociative Identity Disorder is […]
Review: Jackie – a textured portrait
Jackie is no ordinary biopic. It shares very little with stories like The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, or Lincoln. This film achieves what many of those do not; it paints a textured portrait […]
The Arts Netflix Weekend Watchlist: Vol 12
Welcome back. You’ve just finished your exams, submitted your last essay, and survived the first week of the Trump presidency — really, congratulations. After all that stress you definitely deserve a break. Sit back, relax, […]
#OscarsSlightlyLessWhite17 – The snubs and surprises
Just when you thought an American voter population couldn’t be more wrong, know that Suicide Squad is now Oscar nominated. The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday and, unsurprisingly, La La […]
Review: A Monster Calls – A darkly magical depiction of grief
A Monster Calls, adapted from the novel by Patrick Ness and based on an original idea from Siobhan Dowd, tells the story of Conor (Lewis MacDougall), a young boy who is struggling to deal with […]
Review: Live By Night – dry as the Prohibition era it depicts
Ben Affleck’s adaptation of the American novelist Dennis Lehane’s work Live by Night is limp at best, mind-numbing and tedious at worst. Affleck has previously proved himself capable by tailoring Lehane’s novels to the screen, […]
Review: La La Land – unpolished perfection?
Those captivated by the romance that ensued between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s roles in Crazy Stupid Love, will leave their seats fully satisfied by this all-singing, all-dancing journey of Seb and Mia, that marks the […]
Review: Manchester By the Sea – brave, authentic, and surprisingly funny
It is frequently said that men need to ‘get better’ at emoting; we do not experience our emotions fully, or deal with them in a particularly healthy way. In light of this, Manchester By the […]
Review: Passengers – a disappointingly shallow sci-fi
Passengers is a sci-fi film that tells the story of Jim Preston (Chris Pratt), a mechanical engineer, who wakes up 90 years too soon from an induced hibernation. Jim has emigrated from Earth to start a […]
Review: Assassin’s Creed – not as terrible as you think
First things first, it’s not terrible. What a 19% Rotten Tomatoes rating should tell you about Assassin’s Creed is that 1/5 of critics thought it was a good movie, which on the surface doesn’t sound […]