Film Review: On Chesil Beach (2017)
byIn these cynical, post-truth times we live in, the bittersweet sting of nostalgia and young love can be an alluring drawcard for the jaded…
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Film Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)
bySpike Lee has always preferred to explore race relations in America head on. His latest film BlacKkKlansman, which he directed and wrote, is no different….
Film Review: The Meg (2018)
byWith Summer coming to an end (in the tinsel town hemisphere at least) what better time than now to release an audacious beach blockbuster?…
Film Review: Superfly (2018)
byUpdating a classic of the Blaxplitation genre in the political climate of 2018 is a ballsy move. Superfly, released in 1972, remains one of the…
Film Review: The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
byRoger Moore had his time to shine, and we’ve had our fair share of Bond films over the years. Now it’s the ladies’ turn….
Film Review: Dr. Knock (2017)
byAlmost a century ago, highly influential French literary and theatrical figures Lous Jouvert and Jules Romains debuted the satirical play Knock ou le Triomphe…
Film Review: Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
byThe first Mission Impossible was a forgettable film, but there’s a part that stuck in the cultural memory and set the series on its…
Film Review: The Wife (2017)
byFor too long, women’s abilities, ambitions and achievements have been sidelined by, and for, men. And for too long, this has been masked and…
Film Review: Whitney (2018)
byDirected by Kevin Macdonald, Whitney is the most recent documentary about the life and struggles of singer Whitney Houston. It is released only a…
Film Review: Funny Cow (2017)
byFunny Cow is the stage name, and only credited name, of the film’s heroine. A dishevelled soul, battling low self worth, blatant sexism and…