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Zoolander 2, the follow-up to the fantastic cult classic, truly takes the ridicule of the first movie and stretches it out as much as possible, unfortunately creating some mixed results. Firstly, in the spirit of optimism, let’s review what works in this movie. If you loved the characters of...

Whilst many of you I am sure spent your Valentine’s Day evenings having a romantic dinner out or just cuddled up on the sofa with your special someone, I spent mine watching How to be Single, and I don’t regret it. Potentially, this film could have quite easily fallen...

Trumbo tells the tale of Dalton Trumbo: acclaimed screenwriter of The Brave One, Spartacus and Roman Holiday, who was blacklisted and imprisoned in the United States in 1947 for his affiliation with the Communist Party at the height of the Red Scare in America. As with Spike Lee’s Malcolm...

The Goosebumps book and TV series, for many, were an introduction to horror that none forgot in a hurry. Responsible for many sleepless nights, the quirky, but spooky, tales never failed to both terrify and amuse at the same time. The new film captures this perfectly, with strong leads...

Many say that the superhero genre is fast becoming over-crowded and stale. With at least six superhero blockbusters hitting our screens this year, it certainly seems the case. Sadly Deadpool doesn’t breathe fresh air into the genre. Nope, it f*cking injects the genre with more swear words, more laughs,...

Youth is Paolo Sorrentino’s second English release, a highly-anticipated film given that his last, The Great Beauty (La Grande Belleza, released in 2013), scooped up a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. A visually beautiful meditation on life, ennui and death was to...

The topless 72-year-old acting legend that is Robert De Niro weightlifting the also topless High School Musical legend Zac Efron is one way of attracting audiences, as is having a young man disturbingly watch his granddad sensually put on stockings. Channelling its inner Graduate, Dirty Grandpa attracted me precisely because of the...