Film Review: The Danish Girl (2015)
bySomething smells like Oscar bait. Or maybe it’s just Tom Hooper. The Danish Girl has more than a whiff of Hooper’s usual winning formula…
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Film Review: The Hateful Eight (2015)
byQuentin Tarantino has delivered yet another bloody cinematic tribute in his eighth and latest film, The Hateful Eight. The film uses Tarantino’s trademark blend…
Film Review: The Big Short (2016)
by“The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry” When the credits for The Big Short started rolling on by, the words…
Film Review: Carol (2015)
byCarol, directed by Todd Haynes, is a sumptuous reverie. Adapted by Phyllis Nagy from the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, the…
Film Review: Goosebumps (2015)
byBased on the best-selling horror series by R.L Stine, Goosebumps finds Zach (Dylan Monnette) and his Mum Gale (Amy Ryan) moving next door to…
Film Review: Sisters (2015)
byTina Fey. Amy Poehler. Those two factors alone are usually enough. For anything. Be it separately or together. Be it in a series of…
Film Review: The Revenant (2015)
byWith The Revenant no one can accuse director Alejandro G. Iñárritu of resting on his laurels. After the technically audacious Birdman, Iñárritu channels his…
Film Review: Point Break (2015)
byWhen faced with the prospect of a remake, especially when the original film was popular or good, one must ask if the remake is…
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (2015)
byNostalgia and CGI combine for The Peanuts Movie, an installment we weren’t exactly clamouring for but one that nonetheless will be greeted warmly. The gang are brought…
Film Review: Youth (2015)
byAfter his Oscar winning critical darling The Great Beauty, Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino delivers another masterpiece with Youth, a meditation on what it means…