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We’re introducing a new feature ‘Around the World in 80 Films’, where our writers will be reviewing films from around the globe. They’ll be giving us their take on films from a variety of different genres, and reviewing either recent releases or classics that they think you should definitely...

These past few months have seen the resurgence of the biopic; from Imitation Game to Mr. Turner, from American Sniper to Foxcatcher – but Selma stands out as the best of a solid bunch. This is the long awaited Martin Luther King movie, but it’s not all about him....

You remember 28 Days Later, don’t you? Danny Boyle’s cult-classic zombie thriller? Well, prepare to relive those nightmares, because scriptwriter Alex Garland is back! Having already re-wrote the book on zombie horror, he’s turned his attention to robots – with a twist. AVA is no ordinary tin-man. In fact,...

Heading another busy year for comic book adaptations, Kingsman is the latest to make the transition from print to screen. Based on The Secret Service by prolific scribe Mark Millar, it also marks the third consecutive comic book movie for Matthew Vaughn. The premise involves a seasoned spy who guides a wayward...

It’s been 36 years since renowned Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker was released, and it is as relevant today as it has ever been before. The film’s screenplay was heavily influenced by Roadside Picnic, written by science fiction authors and brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.  In true Tarkovsky style,...

As the famous idiom goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, and nowhere is this phrase is more visible than in the landfill sites on the outskirts of megacities in developing countries. Here, the dump is a hive of activity and home to thousands who working through the mountains...

Whenever the metropolitan madness reaches its peak with traffic congestion, the words “rush hour” activate a little impulse in the back of one’s mind that forces us to reminisce about the 1998 film, Rush Hour. The worldwide appeal around the film is immense, as it launched Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s careers as the funniest...