Film Review: Where Am I Going? (2016)
byKnowing how loathe most people are to celebrate stereotypes of their own nationalities, I’m hesitant to vouch for how much truth is contained in…
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Film Review: Francofonia (2015)
byIn the historical community there’s a joke that all of Russian history can be summed up in five words: ‘But then it got worse’….
Film Review: Zero Days (2016)
by‘War. War never changes’ comes the saying that begins every instalment of the Fallout games. It’s a strange state of affairs that the most…
Film Review: Julieta (2016)
byThe opening image of Julieta is a vast sea of red. A deep, breathing, powerful wall – it represents an opening curtain, a beating…
Film Review: The Girl on the Train (2016)
byReleased in 2015, Paula Hawkins‘ The Girl on the Train is the fastest selling adult novel in history. This is no doubt due to it…
Film Review: House of VHS (2016)
byGoing into a film called House of VHS (aka Ghost in the Machine) I knew it would have something to do with an area I’m very…
Film Review: Under the Shadow (2016)
byThe Iran-Iraq war started in September of 1980 and lasted eight years. An estimated one million people died in a war which saw Saddam…
Film Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
byYoung Adult fiction has been mined ruthlessly by Hollywood with varying levels of success. For every Harry Potter, there’s a Percy Jackson. Some are…
Film Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
byContinuing the seemingly nonstop trend of remakes is Hollywood’s latest big budget adventure The Magnificent Seven. Antoine Fuqua’s brings a modern touch to the western…
Film Review: Equity (2016)
byEquity, directed by Meera Menon, is a new corporate Wall Street drama that basically sums up the struggles women face in a man’s world….