Film Review: Dancer (2016)
Award winning director and producer Steven Cantor takes us on a journey through the life of controversial “bad boy ballerina” Sergei Polunin in this…
Film Review: Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Blood Wars is the fifth installment of the Underworld franchise. With the recent saturation of vampire flicks finally dying down this is a welcome…
Film Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Looking around online, most of the diatribe surrounding Ang Lee’s latest feature Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is focused purely on the tech of…
Film Review: The Phoenix Incident (2015)
The tagline for The Phoenix Incident is “blurring the line between fiction and reality”. Perhaps more appropriate would be “blurring the line between entertainment and…
Film Review: The Student (2016)
Coming from the mind of Kirill Serebrennikov is the brooding and intellectual The Student. The film examines the place of Russian orthodox Christianity within school…
Film review: I, Daniel Blake (2016)
I, Daniel Blake is the Palme D’Or recipient for 2016 and the latest feature of underground British cinema king Ken Loach. Dave Johns delivers a no…
Film Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Continuing the seemingly nonstop trend of remakes is Hollywood’s latest big budget adventure The Magnificent Seven. Antoine Fuqua’s brings a modern touch to the western…
Film Review: Blair Witch (2016)
For all intents and purposes Blair Witch is more a modern remake then a loose sequel. It’s been twenty years since Heather, Mike and Josh…
Film Review: The Red Turtle (2016)
How wonderful it is to praise something with authenticity. With great pleasure I walked out of The Red Turtle, the latest Studio Ghibli production….
Film Review: Mountain Cry (2015)
Set deep within an isolated Chinese mountain village 1984 is Mountain Cry by Larry Yang. A humanistic drama with elements of both comedy and…