Film Review: Trumbo (2015)
In the late 1940s Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was a screenwriter with a talent that placed him at the vanguard of the Hollywood elite….
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Film Review: The End of the Tour (2015)
In 1996 Infinite Jest was released. A sprawling, postmodern epic, it is almost 1000 pages long and boasts 388 accompanying footnotes, and has become…
Film Review: Creed (2015)
After six Rocky films one would expect there to be some fatigue, even a little indifference, at the prospect of yet another film. However,…
Film Review: Snowpiercer (2013)
Part action-thriller, part environmentalist critique, part political commentary: Snowpiercer is a rarity. It offers both exhilarating entertainment and intriguing ideas – and is all…
Film Review: Concussion (2015)
When the human skull is hit with an impact of 60 g-force the brain usually receives a concussion. This means that blood vessels have…
Film Review: How to Be Single (2016)
He’s just not that into you. But who cares because the single life can be glam too! For a moment at least. How to…
Film Review: Félix and Meira (2014)
Félix and Meira is a love story. It is neither groundbreaking nor particularly exciting, it must be said. However, there is a haunted tone that director…
Film Review: 45 Years (2015)
There’s a quote that gets thrown around by both comedians and pessimists that goes “If marriage didn’t exist would you invent it?” Trying to…
Film Review: Poverty, Inc. (2014)
There’s a saying that gets thrown around when discussing world poverty that goes “the future is here, it’s just not well distributed”. We are…
Film Review: The Price We Pay (2014)
Screening as part of the Transitions Film Festival, The Price We Pay is a documentary about the way big business manages to avoid tax…