Film Review: Don’t Breathe (2016)
Amidst a strong year for horror flicks Don’t Breathe emerges as a front runner for perhaps the best of the lot. With a relatively untested…
Film Review: Ben-Hur (2016)
Ben-Hur 2016: Or how I learnt to love Hollywood and stop inevitable comparisons. The first thing that’s going to be said about this film…
Film Review: David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
Ricky Gervais is back in all his cringeful glory as David Brent in Life on the Road. It wasn’t a return people were clamouring…
Film Review: The Second Mother (2015)
The official submission from Brazil for the 2016 Oscars for Best Foreign Film is the work of writer/director Anna Muylaert, The Second Mother. In Sau Paulo…
Film review: Star Trek Beyond (2016)
The third instalment of J.J. Abrams’ newly rebooted Star Trek series is Star Trek Beyond. This time, however, he passes the directorial torch to…
MDFF Review: Spoke (2016)
Traversing the South-West coast of America to the East, Spoke documents the travels of a few young adults riding across the country. On their…
Film review: The BFG (2016)
Spielberg is a virtuoso of inclusive ‘big’ cinema. His broad demographic appeal spans all ages. While adult stories have been his focus of late,…
Film Review: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Twenty years since the 1996 heroics of Will Smith, the aliens have returned to Earth responding to a distress beacon. And this time *dramatic pause* it’s personal. The…
MDFF Review: Sustainable (2016)
Sustainable is a documentary which looks at America’s capitalistic, high production food industry and asks if there is a better way of doing things….
Film Review: Blood Punch (2014)
What would you get if you managed to put Mullholland Drive, The Room, Groundhog Day, Cabin in the Woods, Breaking Bad and Cruel Intentions into…