When we first see Tom Hardy, and Tom Hardy, onscreen in Legend we’re awed by the spectacle – it’s stylish, it’s slick, it works well, it shocks you, and it damn well looks good. It’s […]
Everest Review: An epic that accomplishes technical feats, if not emotional ones
Based on the events of the 1996 Everest disaster, this adventure thriller portrays the dramatic story of two mountaineering groups and their goal to reach the peak of the tallest summit in the world. Rob […]
Idris Elba ‘Too Street’? Yes please.
Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider series, has sent ripples through the entertainment community after his interview with The Daily Mail promoting his latest novel in the Bond canon, Trigger Mortis. Despite laying heavily […]
Straight Outta Compton: A Lyrical Masterpiece
Straight Outta Compton is a lyrical masterpiece: a feat of storytelling that manages to squeeze drama, passion, musical genius and a rags-to-riches biopic into a blistering few hours of searing, soaring film. Cynics will say […]
Mission Improbable – Or, The Resurgence of Physical Filmmaking
Buster Keaton clasps to the cattle guard of a speeding locomotive, one small slip away from falling beneath the wheels. The year is 1927, and the actor is no stranger to risking life and limb […]
Amy
With an intimate collection of home videos and interviews, Asif Kapadia’s biopic has reopened discussions of one of the most unique and misunderstood voices of our generation. But we don’t need a film to understand […]
Political parties explained through film
Let’s #askhermore
Another season of awards, red carpets and cringeworthy acceptance speeches has come to a close, following the pattern of the hundreds of awards ceremonies before it but with one noticeable difference: women have decided enough […]
2015 in Film: Ones to Watch
Awards season 2015 kicked off in style on Sunday night with the Golden Globes taking place in California USA, celebrating the best in television and film over the last year. Whilst 2014 was another great […]
Vertical Cinema is a unique experience, but should there be more?
I suppose it’s something we take for granted, that cinema is presented in widescreen. Over its history, film production practice has stretched ratios wider and wider with the intention of better immersing the viewer; quite […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the Week – Taken, Shut Up and Play the Hits and Memento
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week (cue low threatening voice) we will look for you, we will find you, and we will kill you! MONDAY – Somewhere (Channel 4 00:20) […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Star Trek, The Raid and Ghostbusters
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we take a trip on the USS Enterprise, kick some arse and call up the ghost busters! MONDAY – Star Trek (Film4 21:00) In […]