Kong: Skull Island (2017)
2017-03-15
Some films are so bad they’re good. Others so bad they’re straight-to-video. Kong: Skull Island has one foot in bothContinue Reading
20th Century Women (2016)
2017-02-25
Forget Kevin, we need to talk about Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann). Or rather his concerned mum Dorothea (Annette Bening) does.Continue Reading
A Man Called Ove (2015)
2017-02-24
A few days ago during a rally in Florida, President Trump raised a few eyebrows with yet another alternative truth. “You lookContinue Reading
The Founder (2016)
2017-02-21
“U.S. Government Inspected Beef.” No, not the saucy strapline for the gay adult film Shaving Ryan’s Privates. But the cumbersomeContinue Reading
Fences (2016)
2017-02-17
The similarities between August Wilson’s Fences (upon whose play of the same name his screenplay is based) and Arthur Miller’sContinue Reading
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
2017-02-15
Batman has issues – he is conceited and wants the limelight to himself. He cannot express emotions and needs noContinue Reading
Moonlight (2016)
2017-02-13
If you were to distil the troubled life of Chiron, the central character of writer and director Barry Jenkins’ movieContinue Reading
Hidden Figures (2016)
2017-02-12
A photograph during the closing credits of the Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures symbolises the challenges faced not only by the threeContinue Reading
Denial (2016)
2017-02-04
How do we know the holocaust really existed? What are the proofs of the existence of gas chambers? The AmericanContinue Reading
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
2017-02-03
“The past,” wrote L. P. Hartley in the opening sentence of his classic novel The Go-Between, “is a foreign country:Continue Reading
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
2017-02-02
Caretaker Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is going round the bend. Literally. With one hand down the shitter and the otherContinue Reading
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
2017-01-31
You can say what you like about Mel Gibson – and most people do, with accusations of misogyny and antisemitismContinue Reading
Lion (2016)
2017-01-29
“From the moment you came into our lives,” says Sue Brierley (Nicole Kidman) to her son Saroo (Dev Patel) beforeContinue Reading
Paterson (2016)
2017-01-25
by Igor Salutregi Gagiola What is life? Whoever tries to answer this question, will face several problems to determine it,Continue Reading