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…
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Film Review: Vox Lux (2018)
byIt would be fair to question the need for another film exploring the phenomenon of celebrity. Documentary essays on the life (and death) of…
Film Review: A Simple Favour (2018)
byBased on the book of the same name by Darcey Bell, A Simple Favour sees Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), a mummy blogger, trying to…
Film Review: Annihilation (2018)
byAnnihilationis a rarity – a film with action and intelligence, in equal measure. Alex Garland, who directed and adapted Jeff van der Meer’s novel,…
Film Analysis: Jackie (2016) – The Biopic We’ve All Been Waiting For
byThe biopic film has been around for many years. Its first appearance in the cinematic realm was Joan of Arc by film pioneer Georges Méliès….
Film Review: Jackie (2016)
byOn November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. In his latest film Jackie, director Pablo Larraín (probably most known for…
Film Review: A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
byIs there nothing that Natalie Portman can’t do? Oscar winning actress, mother, dancer, animal rights advocate, human rights ambassador who has lectured in international…
Film Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
byWe’re at a point in The Avengers franchise where we need a bolt of energy to keep from fading away from the characters and becoming disinterested in what happens to them next. As funny and brilliant as Iron Man 3 was (the first of the post The Avengers films) it lacked a certain panache.
83rd Annual Academy Award Winners
byHere are the winners of this year’s Oscars. None really unexpected. Should have made official predictions, but forgot. Ooops! Didn’t see Randy Newman scoring…
Film Review: Black Swan (2010)
byThe concept of good and evil can sometimes be seen as very black and white. In most cases, however, the line is much more…