It has been 30 years since Ted Bundy took his seat in the electric chair and the hair on people’s necks still stand on end at the mention of his name. Building off of this, […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” Fails To Shatter Expectations
M. Night Shyamalan’s newest blockbuster ‘Glass’ is a stilted, poorly paced, confusing and anti-climactic third instalment to his superhero franchise Eastrail 177. The franchise includes the intelligent and thoughtful exploration of the comic book superhero […]
Green Book – An Unlikely Friendship Blossoms in the Deep South
Pairing a working class, Italian-American club bouncer from the Bronx, who embodies the ‘masculine’ caricature, with an uptight and effeminate African-American piano player, may not sound like the perfect recipe for a blossoming friendship in […]
#MeToo and the Arts: what Will Change In 2019?
Almost 18 months after the #MeToo movement swept the global media platform, the list of abusive men seems to be ever-growing. As we witness as a monumental shift in attitudes toward sexual harassment and assault, […]
Does A Scar Make A Villain? How #IAmNotYourVillain Is Changing The Face Of Film
Changing Faces, the UK’s leading charity helping people with visible differences, launched the #IAmNotYourVillain campaign to change the portrayal of people with scars. The charity aims to provide people with body confidence, support and opportunities, […]
Female-led films outperform male in 2018
2018 was a good year for films of all genres and cast compositions, but it is no secret that the majority of the films are still led by men. However, results from a study conducted […]
James Cameron’s Avatar Sequels are actually on their way
What’s the highest grossing film of all time? Infinity War? Titanic? One of the Star Wars films? It’s actually the same film is was just less than ten years ago. The 2009, CGI-fest that is […]
The Lion King 2019: Is Cashing In On Nostalgia Always A Bad Thing?
As the many fans of Disney’s The Lion King get ready for the 2019 release of the remake and relive the epic story that has moved so many, I am stepping in to question the […]
25 Years On, Jurassic Park Remains One Of The Defining Films Of The Action-Thriller Genre
It’s a film that’s been revered and adored by so many people; one that captured the imaginations of countless children; revolutionised the use of CGI in cinema and set a new benchmark for blockbuster success, […]
Ralph Breaks The Internet Is Sweet Without Being Saccharine
At first glance, ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ seems to be a brightly coloured, cleverly animated and tooth-achingly sweet story about two best friends that go on a rampant adventure around the internet. While it is […]
Creed 11 is Both Loving Tribute and Brand New Ground
The 8th film in the Rocky series, Creed II, stands as a tribute to the classic Rocky films, while also managing to tell its own excellent story. Following on from the previous film, protagonist Adonis […]
Leeds 2018 Palestinian Film Festival: 1948 Creation & Catastrophe Review
‘A people without a land for a land without people”- a now infamous slogan for those who supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, and […]