5 Great Underdog Stories in Cinema
Modern cinema has a lot to thank its underdog for. Let’s face it: everyone loves watching a rags-to-riches story. Underdogs appear in all walks…
Modern cinema has a lot to thank its underdog for. Let’s face it: everyone loves watching a rags-to-riches story. Underdogs appear in all walks…
What kind of film do you imagine when you hear the words “Andy Serkis‘ directorial debut”? The man who was at the vanguard of…
Anyone hoping for grounded realism in the work of Yorgos Lanthimos can look elsewhere. A thematic summary wouldn’t put it too far from that of…
At the start of November the Christmas decorations start to adorn the city, carols start to be played through the supermarket radio channels, and…
October 2006. For forty years Northern Ireland had been engulfed in a proxy guerrilla war between the Ulster Loyalists and the Irish Republicans. In…
James Pope is 25 and his life is about to undergo a seismic shift. Abducted by Ted and April Mitchum (Mark Hamill and Jane…
Not to recommend Wikipedia as a trustworthy source, but a quick search for ‘time loops’ will tell you that no less than five films…
There’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned love story, and the top of an ice-capped mountain is not a bad place for one. But…
Over film history, there have been a number of exceptional figures that have defined their nation’s cinema. There is something about them that screams…
Kingsman: The Golden Circle is the cinematic manifestation of the guy who thinks that dressing well and spending lots of money makes him less…