Film Review: Second Act (2018)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 4 December 2018 Christmas approaches and with it, a slew of feel-good films. Some good, some bad, some…
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Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 14 November 2018 Watching with neck craned from the second row, it may be tempting to blame a…
Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 March 2017 It’s finally here. The live Disney musical we’ve all been waiting for. Twenty-six years after…
Review: Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 24 November 2016 King Lear, surely one of the most challenging roles that the Bard ever wrote, is…
Film Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 November 2016 It’s been five years since we bid farewell to Harry Potter on screen and lost…
Film Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 10 May 2016 For those of my generation who grew up with a new Harry Potter film coming…
Film Review: A Little Chaos (2014)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 25 March 2015 Severus Snape is king! Or to be exact, King Louis XIV of France, in Alan…
Film Review: Die Hard (1988)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 13 December 2014 There is a scene near the start of Die Hard where John McClane’s (Bruce Willis)…
Film Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
byDespite slightly overstaying its welcome with a running length of two and a half hours, Catching Fire is rarely anything less than entertaining and engaging. As was the case with its predecessor, the film stands as one of the better efforts in terms of cinematic adaptations of popular young adult fictions series.
Film Review: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
byBased on the bestselling books by Cassandra Clare and adapted to screen by Jessica Postigo, the story depicts a fantasy flipside of New York called Downworld, where Shadowhunters battle demons, and wizards, werewolves and vampires coexist (not zombies though).