Batman and Superman in the same movie – entering the cinema, audiences will be hoping for the best superhero film they’ve ever seen. They will be disappointed. This isn’t just the story of Bruce Wayne […]
Review: Grimsby – The sad decline of a once great comedian
Grimsby is the fifth full feature film written by Sacha Baron Cohen, and the audience will find that his ridiculous style of comedy is beginning to tire. It is about a spy, played by Mark Strong, […]
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 […]
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. […]
Review: Goosebumps – Scarily enjoyable
Remember the one about the abominable snowman of Pasadena? If you do, you’re in for a treat when Jack Black, playing a gloriously pantomime horror version of real-life Goosebumps series writer R.L Stine, brings almost […]
Review: Spotlight – A worthy tale, delicately told
Spotlight is the kind of movie that you discuss, dissect and debate on the walk home from a packed cinema on a chilly Sunday night; directed by Tom McCarthy, it is designed to make the […]
Review: Taxi Tehran – Self-expression conquers all
Taxi Tehran is the third clandestine film directed and written by acclaimed Iranian director, Jafar Pahani since a twenty-year ban on filmmaking was imposed on him in 2010. After being charged with spreading anti-government propaganda, Pahani […]
Review: The Big Short – A light-hearted lesson
The Big Short is the newest offering from director Adam McKay, containing an all-star cast featuring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. It follows the stories of separate characters who managed to […]