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The latest comedy from James Franco, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, riffs on an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, with the CIA learning of his nuclear building programmes and hiring two talk show journalists to do the job under the facade of an interview. The Interview...

1981. One of the most violent years in New York City’s history. The year recorded 188,178 counts of violence, 1,026,757 property damages, 350,422 burglaries, 136,849 vehicle thefts, 5,479 rapes and 2,166 murders. 1981 in New York City was truly a year to have been afraid of. Now in 2015,...

As much as there was excitement for Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2015 release; with its much beloved source material and striking neon poster; the trailer for Inherent Vice was one of the clumsiest in recent memory. It left many intrigued as to what exactly the movie was going to be...

Duck Soup was originally released in 1933 and directed by Leo McCarey, a filmmaker with experience of both drama and comedy. It features the iconic Marx Brothers, a classic vaudeville comedy troupe, who wreak havoc in the fictional state of ‘Freedonia’ and several of its neighboring countries. The antics...

Whiplash – verb: to jerk or jolt (someone or something) suddenly, typically so as to cause injury. Also a fitting title for a film that explores the road to greatness. Damien Chazelle’s latest effort has received most praise for the stunning performances of its leads, Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons....

Producer Luc Besson’s Taken franchise is back for its third and final instalment with the aptly stylised title of Tak3n. Although star Liam Neeson shows he is still capable of dominating the action genre, this series finale falls below the mediocre, with a guaranteed chance of forgetting the entire plot as soon as...

With six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, American Sniper is the story of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the biopic is based on Kyle’s autobiography as the most lethal sniper in US military history, providing a different take on war dramas. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper and...