• Look Out For… February

    February may be the shortest month, but we’re certainly not short of great film releases. Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis give Oscar-nominated performances as a shy lawyer in Roman J. Israel, Esq. and an obsessive 1950s dressmaker in Phantom Thread, respectively. Of course, if awards-bait isn’t your thing, Helen...
  • Look Out For… October

    As the winds get chillier and the days shorter, October brings with it a slew of horror movies in the run up to Halloween. Among them, is the typical ‘friends go to a forest (always a good idea) where a menacing creature awaits’ storyline in The Ritual. The Saw...
  • Oscars 2018: It’s Never Too Early To Start Predictions

    The film business moves pretty fast – if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Is the Academy going to terminate their relationship with Pricewaterhouse Coopers after that historical mishap? Does anyone care? No, because that’s old news and we must now...
  • Film Review – Captain America: Civil War

    When a studio spends years building up a release that is set to feature an ensemble cast, based off a hugely successful comic book, bring in crucial new characters, and gives away details in marketing material, it is quite easy for the final product to end up being completely...
  • Trailer Watch – Captain America: Civil War

    “I can do this all day.” No Marvel! No, we cannot! Stop with the emotional dialogue and the breath-taking set pieces and just give us the film already! For the uninitiated, Captain America: Civil War has been gearing itself up as the ultimate superhero film of all time, no...
  • Film Review – Get On Up

    After the exploration of racial politics of ’60’s suburbia in The Help, director Tate Taylor has turned to another iconic aspect of the 1960s American landscape – the music. More specifically, the sheer energy and rambunctiousness of James Brown. Initially limited to predominately black audiences, Mister Brown gradually became increasingly influential...