Film Review: 100 Streets
Jim O’Hanlon’s 100 Streets is a mostly engaging drama. Some of the film’s narrative strands work better than others. Max is trying to win back estranged wife Emily. George is trying to make everything...
View ArticleFilm Review: Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge is a brutal true story which illustrates the director’s flair for storytelling. Switching between sentiment and violence, the film is utterly compelling at times. Desmond...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Wailing
Hong-jin Na’s The Wailing is a genre-twisting picture that engages, entertains, and frightens. The film keeps viewers guessing until the very end. In the village of Goksung, police officer Jong-Goo is...
View ArticlePreviews: Baywatch Poster, Logan, More!
Plenty in this week’s preview of coming attractions, including a moving Baywatch poster, The Eyes of My Mother, A Cure for Wellness, and more… Baywatch Poster Zac Efron promotes his new film in this...
View ArticleFilm Review: Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams’ Life, Animated is an uplifting documentary with a charismatic subject. The film is both informative and very entertaining. Owen Suskind was developed autism at the age of three....
View ArticleFilm Review: Loving
Jeff Nichols’ Loving is sincere and thoughtful drama based on a real case. Whilst the tone of the film is aptly pensive, the film lacks the punch some may expect. Richard and Mildred are an...
View ArticleFilm Review: Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann is something of an anomaly. For English-language viewers, a 162-minute German comedy-drama may not seem like the most appealing film. Yet the film works ever so well. Ines has a busy...
View ArticlePreviews: Ghost In The Shell, The Fits, More!
This week’s preview of coming attractions includes the Ghost in the Shell TV spot, Beauty and the Beast, and more… Ghost in the Shell TV Spot Here is the Super Bowl TV spot for Ghost in the Shell. A...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2017 Trailers Ranked
Last night the Super Bowl took place. But more relevantly, some of the most anticipated movie trailers aired during the broadcast. Here are the Super Bowl 2017 trailers, ranked in the most subjective...
View ArticleFilm Review: The LEGO Batman Movie
The LEGO Batman Movie is a lot of fun. The film strikes a nice balance between the Batman in-jokes and a wider-appealing comedy and narrative. Batman has an enviable life on the surface. Yet Alfred,...
View ArticleFilm Review: Hidden Figures
Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures is a feel-good film with great performances from its ensemble cast. In 1961, the United States are in a race with Russia to see who can put a man in space. NASA finds...
View ArticlePreviews: Unlocked Trailer, Power Rangers, More!
Plenty in this week’s preview of coming attractions, including the new Unlocked trailer, The Beguiled, Power Rangers and more… Unlocked Trailer Here is the first Unlocked trailer. Noomi Rapace heads a...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Blind Side
Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her performance as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. After watching this film, the other nominees must have felt they had been robbed. Whilst there is nothing...
View ArticleStuff To Look At
A feast of trailers and images. A feast for the eyes, I say. Whether it is horror, Disney animation, or crime thriller, there is something here for everyone… Monsters University I want to go to...
View ArticleStuff To Look At
Posters galore this week! Disney’s animated short Get a Horse gets a screening, a trailer for Meet The Millers, a clip from The Heat and more… Get a Horse Mickey Mouse is back! Well, kind of. On...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Heat
Female buddy cop movie The Heat fails to work due to the lack of laughs. And without the humour, there is little else to keep viewers entertained. Uptight FBI agent Sarah Ashburn has an eye on a big...
View ArticleLondon Film Festival 2013 – Preview of Coming Attractions
Tickets for the BFI London Film Festival 2013 go on sale today. There is a veritable cinematic feast on offer, with 235 feature films and 134 short films from 57 different countries. Here are the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is part awe-inspiring, part terrifying, and wholly absorbing cinema. Dr Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first mission in space. When an accident occurs, Ryan and...
View ArticlePreviews: Dark River Poster, Oceans 8, More!
Plenty in this pre-Christmas preview of coming events, including the new Dark River poster, Gringo, Oceans 8, and more… Dark River Poster Here is the new Dark River poster. The drama is about fraught...
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