Film Review: Widows (2018)
byA film passes the Bechdel test when it meets three criteria: “(1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2)…
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Film Review: Fences (2016)
by“Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build fences to keep people in” – August Wilson, Fences. Boundaries, borders, divisions, and…
Trailer: Fences
byFences Director: Denzel Washington Writer: August Wilson, based on his play Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson Synopsis: An African American father struggles…
Film Review: Suicide Squad (2016)
byIn Hollywood blockbuster terms, we’re now living in an age of the cinema of moments. When you look at the biggest films out there,…
Film Review: Ender’s Game (2013)
byThe film is set around a hundred years into the future, when Earth has managed to withstand a prolonged attack from the ‘Formics’, an insect-like alien race. In order to pre-empt future attacks, children are trained to become military tacticians.
Film Review: Prisoners (2013)
byPrisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Aaron Guzikowski, focusses on a relatively simple premise. Two children go missing, and a lengthy police investigation starts. However, the film is elevated beyond the trappings of predictability and mediocrity by its layered plot, accomplished, confident direction, and compelling performances.
Film Review: Won’t Back Down (2012)
byThis review contains vague spoilers. A grainy landscape sets the scene; from the first frame, the audience is aware of the bleak and harsh…
Film Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
byStephen Daldry’s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close delves deep into a singular story of a search undertaken by a…
Film Review: The Help (2011)
byFifty-five years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, and forty-five years after the Civil…