Film Review: The Journey (2016)
October 2006. For forty years Northern Ireland had been engulfed in a proxy guerrilla war between the Ulster Loyalists and the Irish Republicans. In…
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Film Review: The Midwife (2017)
The Midwife is a relationship-focused movie centered specifically around the relationship of protagonist Claire and antagonist Beatrice, played by two great Catherine’s of French…
Film Review: Ingrid Goes West (2017)
Director and co-writer Matt Spicer’s Ingrid Goes West is a smart social media satire, a dark millennial comedy that’s an impressive debut. One that…
Film Review: Happy Death Day (2017)
Not to recommend Wikipedia as a trustworthy source, but a quick search for ‘time loops’ will tell you that no less than five films…
Film Review: Good Time (2017)
The opening scene of Good Time (directed by Ben Safdie and Josh Safdie with a screenplay by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein) gestures to its latent,…
Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The anticipation around Blade Runner 2049 has been palpable. Given the original’s reputation as one of the most revered films of all time this…
Film Review: Blue (2017)
Blue is a series of provocative vignettes on the state of our oceans. Director Karina Holden delivers a wake-up call for all of us…
Film Review: That Man from Rio (1964)
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…
Film Review: Heal the Living (2016)
There are many emotional adjectives that would be apt to describe Heal the Living. Emotionally charged, moving, tumultuous, draining. Basically this is a film…
Film Review: The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
It seems only yesterday that The Lego Batman Movie was gracing silver screens across the country. Now we have another instalment in the LEGO…