Film review: 1917 (2019)
by1917 is expert cinema. Riveting from the first minute until the last, not one moment is wasted. Coupled with the engrossing plot it’s also…
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Film Review: The Grinch (2018)
byAnother month passes, another moderate success from the last 30 years gets remade. On the roulette wheel of Hollywood desperately searching for new franchises…
Film Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
byTen years and eighteen films have built towards Infinity War. This has to be one of the most ambitious undertakings that anyone has ever…
Film Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
byWith filmmakers hungry to find their place in Christmas culture tradition, it’s inevitable that the masses will be force-fed platters upon platters of festive…
Film Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
byThor has always been the weird Avenger. Even in a team that includes smartarses in suits of armour, super soldiers, giant green rage monsters,…
Film Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
byHow do we critique Marvel movies when they feel so difficult to orient in the wider framework of film? The problem is they are,…
Film Review: The Jungle Book (2016)
byRudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is brought to life in Disney’s first live-action adaptation of the year. Justin Marks‘ screenplay is a darker take on…
Film Review: Zoolander 2 (2016)
byIt seems that good American comedies are hard to come by these days. In the last year, with the exception of a few female-driven…
Review: National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
by…Let me speak to the yet unknowing world How these things came about: so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of…
Film Review: Mr. Holmes (2015)
byOne of the more interesting developments in entertainment over the past few years has been the resurgence of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s…