• Trailer Watch – A Series of Unfortunate Events

    It’s been a long time coming for fans of the series, but Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is now almost here. And it looks fantastic. The story of the Baudelaire orphans has fascinated children in book form for well over a decade, but after being adapted as...
  • Arrival: A look into Humanity in the face of Aliens

    Arrival is a magnificent science-fiction film which perfectly achieves the balance so many large-scale movies aim for, and often fail to accomplish: to create a film that is impressive in its visual scope, yet maintains an emotional intimacy in amidst the plot and special effects.  This is Dennis Villeneuve’s...
  • The Accountant: More Exciting Than It Sounds?

    Ironically, for a film whose eponymous character’s autism equips him with an almost supernatural talent for mathematics, something about this movie just doesn’t add up! The Accountant is centred around Ben Affleck’s character, Christian Wolff, who has autism, echoing that of Dustin Hoffman’s portrayal of Raymond Babbitt in 1988’s...
  • Creepy or Cool? First Impressions of ‘Humans’

    Humans is an amazing and in-depth portrayal of what our world would look like if it was filled with robots that could do everything for us, and more importantly with AIs that think and feel like we do. Season Two starts off with a bang, and promises to be...
  • Nocturnal Animals: Full of Unfulfilled Promise

    Naked, plus-sized women dancing in slow motion with pom-poms and sparklers to an Americana drenched backdrop. Welcome to Nocturnal Animals. Renowned fashionista Tom Ford made his directorial debut in 2009 with the critically acclaimed A Single Man, the story of a university professor who struggles to cope with the...
  • I Nominate…

    After one of the most tumultuous elections in modern US history, we reflect on who we would have wanted to see run instead. Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live always seems to thrive during an election year –...
  • Trailer Watch – La La Land

    Imagine this: an uplifting soundtrack, stunning cinematography, perfectly choreographed dance sequences and some of the best cast and crew members all rolled into one. The new trailer for La La Land promises all of that – and more. Damien Chazelle has already proved that he’s an extraordinary storyteller: 2014’s...