Film Review – Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
bySicario: Day of the Soldado (Spanish for ‘Hitman: Day of the Soldier’) is the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s much acclaimed tension-filled, dispassionately patient, action-thriller Sicario….
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Film Review: Annihilation (2018)
byAnnihilationis a rarity – a film with action and intelligence, in equal measure. Alex Garland, who directed and adapted Jeff van der Meer’s novel,…
Film Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
byHalfway through Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth instalment in Universal Studio’s 25-year-old science fiction/action franchise, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve seen this…
Film Review: Foxtrot (2017)
byThere are few films in recent memory which are as magnificently crafted as Israeli film Foxtrot. Skillfully directed and written by Samuel Maoz, the…
Film Review: Brothers’ Nest (2018)
byBrothers’ Nest is the latest film from Clayton Jacobson, the director of the Australian film Kenny. Again Clayton both directs and teams up with…
Film Review: Ideal Home (2018)
byChoosing to cast two unmistakably heterosexual men as a gay couple isn’t necessarily a crime; filmmakers do it all the time. But if you’re…
Film Review: The Leisure Seeker (2017)
byPaolo Virzi’s The Leisure Seeker is one of those films you’re going to want to discuss as soon as you leave the cinema. It’s…
Film Review: Disobedience (2017)
byHot on the heels of his recent Best Foreign Language Film Oscar win for A Fantastic Woman, Chilean director Sebastián Lelio writes and directs…
Film Review: Upgrade (2018)
byIn Upgrade, director and screenwriter Leigh Whannell conjures a vision of the near future in which technology’s pervasive influence has become the norm. We are…
Film Review: Incredibles 2 (2018)
byIn hindsight The Incredibles was far ahead of its time. Not only is it one of the best Pixar films – which is really…