Film Review: Guns Akimbo (2019)
byGuns Akimbo is a grindhouse-light, high-octane affair with a colourful Scott Pilgrim aesthetic and tone. That’s a complicated assessment of a simple film. Daniel…
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Film Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
byScary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a film adaptation of the bestselling cult book popular with children and adults alike for the…
Film Review: The Brink (2019)
byDocumentary filmmaker Alison Klayman burst onto the scene with her successful 2012 documentary debut Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. A few films later and Alison has…
Film Review: Gloria Bell (2018)
byThere’s a tried and tested formula for remaking successful foreign films in English. It’s been done many times with classics and independent hits alike….
Film Review: Tucked (2018)
byVeteran actor Darren Nesbitt plays Jack, an ageing British drag queen that goes by Jackie Collins. On stage she is raunchy, sprouting gaudy one…
Film Review: The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
byJoe Cornish follows up on his underrated and underviewed debut Attack the Block with this childhood adventure fantasy. A play on words from 1979…
Film Review: The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
byRobert Redford’s alleged swan song film, The Old Man & The Gun, goes against the old adage: finish on a high note. Considering the…
Film Review: Roma (2018)
byRoma appears to be the biggest independent hit of this year. So avant-garde that Netflix is not only producing it, but giving it a…
Film Review: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
byDirector Eli Roth takes a well deserved break from traumatising adults and embarks on a new challenge with The House With a Clock in…
Film review: I, Daniel Blake (2016)
byI, Daniel Blake is the Palme D’Or recipient for 2016 and the latest feature of underground British cinema king Ken Loach. Dave Johns delivers a no…