Film Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 20 December 2019 For the third time in under forty years film fans are sitting down to watch…
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Film Review: The Addams Family (2019)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 4 December 2019 After their involvement in the original and hilarious Sausage Party, directing pair Greg Tiernan and…
Film Review: At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 10 February 2019 The life and death of Vincent Van Gogh has been an obsession of the art…
Film Review: Annihilation (2018)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 25 June 2018 Annihilationis a rarity – a film with action and intelligence, in equal measure. Alex Garland,…
Film Review: The Promise (2016)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 14 June 2017 Sometimes it’s more important that a story is being told at all, than how it’s…
Film Review: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 19 May 2016 The next instalment of the quasi reboot featuring X-Men: First Class and then Days of Future Past…
Film Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 18 December 2015 It’s here. It’s actually finally here. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is a…
Film Review: Ex Machina (2015)
byWritten by Lisa Sinclair Originally published 5 May 2015 A great many science fiction stories have wrestled with the idea of artificial intelligence. In…
Film Review: A Most Violent Year (2014)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 24 February 2015 Still a relative newbie on the scene, director and writer J.C. Chandor has quickly proved…
Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
byThis is truly virtuoso, expertly crafted film making, the only problem is that it’s just a little soulless, and just a little soullessness is a fairly big problem if it stops you caring about the characters. The Brothers, as usual, are more interested in the world they’re creating – and it’s impeccably done – but they forget to make us care about the people that populate it. Offering little resolution does little for them either.