Film Review: Magnus (2016)
byMagnus Carlsen is a Norwegian Chess player of formidable prowess, a former child prodigy and now young adult. Magnus, by director Benjamin Ree, takes…
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Film Review: A Ghost Story (2017)
byFilms about ghosts are usually scary, jumpy and spine-tingling. David Lowery’s latest feature, A Ghost Story, carefully avoids boxing itself within the horror genre…
Film Review: The Other Side Of Hope (2017)
byIt’s often argued the best way to deal with dark subject matter is with humour. And so it is apt that Finnish auteur Aki…
Film Review: Six Months to Salvation (2016)
byThe best kind of documentaries finish in a different place to where they started. Australian director Lorenzo Benitez’s independently-released debut Six Months to Salvation…
Film Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
byFifteen years, three separate franchises, and three actors. Spider-Man has been a bit like the film equivalent of a lost puppy since the turn…
Film Review: It Comes at Night (2017)
byIt Comes at Night doesn’t start off like most horror films, which is an indication straight off the bat that it’s not going to…
Film Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
by‘What does it mean to be a kid in the 20th century?’ The latest in the Wimpy Kid series, based on the books by…
Film Review: First Girl I Loved (2016)
byIn the current cinematic climate there have been leaps and bounds made in the field of LGBTQI cinema. Who could have predicted ten years ago…
Film Review: Lady Macbeth (2016)
byLady Macbeth is a minimal film, visually stripped of any lavishness or decadence. The visuals reflect the thematic; it is severe and devoid of extravagance. …
Film Review: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
byIt’s been ten years – yes, an entire decade has gone by! – since the world first got a glimpse of what was to…