Film Review: Eating Animals (2017)
byIt’s likely that even the staunchest vegan-hating carnivores don’t like watching footage of animals getting tortured. One suspects this is why many people have…
Film Review: Charlie’s Angels (2019)
byIt’s Thursday so it must be time for another reboot. Cue groaning. But there’s really no need – for the groaning, that is –…
Film Review: Ford v Ferrari (2019)
by‘Based on a true story’ is the overused tagline usually reserved for implausible events. Ford v Ferrari, an underdog motor racing tale of 1966,…
Film Review: Hero (2019)
byKicking off this year’s Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Hero is a “spy-thriller” about Russian sleeper cells all over the world awaiting instructions from a shadowy government…
Film Review: Pain & Glory (2019)
byA Pedro Almodovar film can be a little like an amusement ride down a dark tunnel. Will it be romantic? Titillating? Kitsch? Enthralling? The…
Film Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
byWritten and directed by Paul Downs Colazzio, and inspired by his roommate, Brittany Runs a Marathon is a perfectly likeable story about that tumultuous…
Film Review: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
byThere’s a scene in the first season of Lost where two main characters find their friend Charlie hanging from a tree. Jack, who is…
Film Review: Yuli (2018)
byFor those unfamiliar with the world of ballet, the immediate significance of Icíar Bollaín’s Yuli, a biopic detailing the rise of Cuban dancer Carlos…
Film Review: Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
byClusters of orange lichen-covered roofs, peeks of sandy beach, and ocean spreading into the distance. Gull cries mixed with the slap of waves against…
Film Review: Ready or Not (2019)
byThere are two ways to deal with a ridiculous premise. You can try making sense of it all through convoluted exposition or fantastical world…