Film Review: The Founder (2016)
byThere’s an interesting trend with current biopics to depict the shady beginnings of current market empires. There’s The Social Network charting Facebook’s beginnings as a…
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Film Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
byAndré Øvredal knows how to make a genre film better than nearly anyone else. 2010 saw the beginnings of his international reputation with Trolljegren/Troll…
Film Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
byLooking around online, most of the diatribe surrounding Ang Lee’s latest feature Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is focused purely on the tech of…
Film Review: The Fencer (2015)
byIt may seem funny to compare, but the Finnish film The Fencer is a lot like watching School of Rock, – a stripped down…
Film Review: Your Name (2016)
byHayao Miyazaki isn’t the only Japanese director making whimsical, environmentally charged animations. Makoto Shinkai has also contributed. Your Name is Shinkai’s latest feature and it’s confusing…
Film Review: Like Crazy (2016)
byNot to be confused with the exceptional 2011 film starring Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin, Like Crazy (or to use its Italian title, La Pazza…
Film Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
byIt’s been five years since we bid farewell to Harry Potter on screen and lost our will to live through to November. Harry Potter…
Film Review: The Phoenix Incident (2015)
byThe tagline for The Phoenix Incident is “blurring the line between fiction and reality”. Perhaps more appropriate would be “blurring the line between entertainment and…
Film Review: Morgan (2016)
byThe best sci-fis are about questions. Questioning the nature of reality and of the self. Asking what it is to be human, what consciousness…
Film Review: Neon Bull (2015)
byNeon Bull (or Boi Neon) is a realist and observational take on the life of cattle handlers and rodeo workers in Brazil. It is…