Film Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
byThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a terrible name for a rather lovely film. In this age of CGI cataclysms and superhero…
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Film Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
byDespite the success of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes franchise (let’s be fair, he did manage to make more than one and there are rumours…
Film Review: Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
byBlood Wars is the fifth installment of the Underworld franchise. With the recent saturation of vampire flicks finally dying down this is a welcome…
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: 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: Sing Street (2016)
byIrishman John Carney is one of the darlings of the low-budget indie scene having made Once and Begin Again. His latest effort Sing Street…
Film Review: Me Before You (2016)
byBased on the novel by screenwriter Jojo Moyes, Me Before You is director Thea Sharrock’s feature debut. Starring a pair of beautiful Brits, it…
Film Review: Gods of Egypt (2016)
byAnother reviewer has described Alex Proyas’s Gods of Egypt as ‘one hot mess’, and that would seem to be a fairly accurate description. With…
Film Review: Pixels (2015)
byPixels is marketed as an action/comedy/sci-fi movie. The trouble is, it’s got intermittent action, precious little comedy, and the science fiction is restricted to…
Film Review: The Falling (2014)
byThe Falling is beautifully filmed with a mesmerising score but the overall product fails to impress. While mysteriousness and inexplicability are the staple attraction…