Hollywood in the 1940s. Cinema’s golden age. It was the time of such famous film folk as Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, and Orson Welles. However, it was also the period of the infamous Hollywood Blacklist, a […]
Ghostbusters: Calling Hollywood out
The first trailer for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters arrived last week, and was seemingly met by a wave of derision from fans of the original. They were shocked that this new take on the story […]
Zoolander 2: Fails to be more than really, really, ridiculously, good-looking
Fifteen years after the release of the original film in 2001, Derek Zoolander is back, and Ben Stiller follows the formula that made the first Zoolander a critical success. However, in trying too hard to […]
Janis: Little Girl Blue – A worthy climax to a year of bio-docs
We’ve had a year filled with monumental bio-docs on some of the most legendary singers including: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck; What Happened, Miss Simone; and the Academy Award Winning Amy. Now this great year for music […]
Who you gonna call?
When I was eight, I saw a dead fox carcass being dragged bloodied across the floor. “No more”, I thought, the precocious eight-year-old, “will I need to worry about seeing the worst thing in my […]
Comment: Did Leo deserve his Oscar?
It was always a sure thing – even his competitors came out in support for him – but was The Revenant worthy of being Leo’s Oscar-winning performance? I don’t need to tell you that, on Sunday evening in […]
Why Chris Rock was the best thing about this year's Oscars
The Oscars are always a momentous occasion. It’s where all the big names in Hollywood join together, dresses are judged, awards are won, and everyone watching gets to imagine what it would be like to […]
How To Be Single – Far more progressive than expected
The trailer promised a sex crazed, girl power, easy-to-watch chick flick. And, to be fair, it totally was. But it was an actually good sex crazed, girl power, easy-to-watch chick flick. When I sat down […]
The Oscars: Editor’s Predictions
It‘s that time again: Oscars season. The season where all the best films of the year are pitted against one another in the awards ceremony to end all awards ceremonies, a gathering set to celebrate […]
Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Is Jane Austen spinning in her grave?
It seems rather a waste of words to outline the plot of Burr Steers‘ new film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, simply because this film is really nothing more or less than what it says […]
Review: Deadpool – Unapologetically meta
Ryan Reynolds portrays the ‘Merc with the Mouth’ once again after his first outing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and it manages to right the many wrongs that movie committed. It‘s an energetic film, filled with fourth […]
Review: A Bigger Splash – An aura of things unsaid
Luca Guadagnino’s new film A Bigger Splash stars Tilda Swinton as Marianne, a rock star recovering from throat surgery. She has retreated, along with her boyfriend Paul (Mattias Schoenaerts), to a Mediterranean island near Tunisia. […]