• “THE WACK PHONE” – FILM REVIEW: THE BLACK PHONE

    After jumping ship on Marvel’s Doctor Strange 2, director Scott Derrickson reteams with Ethan Hawke and Blumhouse Productions for a more small-scale horror movie affair. Based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King’s son ‘Joe Hill’, The Black Phone details a small US town plagued...
  • Watch This If…You Don’t Want To Return To Lectures

    Given the tragic passing of Robin Williams, many critics have shown a sudden interest in his earlier work. Of the plethora of Williams classics, one in particular stands tall. First released in 1989, Dead Poets Society was that rarest of beasts, a critical and commercial success. But what does...
  • Birdman and Boyhood: To Take Flight or Stay Grounded?

    Image credit: ‘Cliff’ via Flickr In the wake of last week’s Oscars, Alex takes a look at the big winner and its closest competitor; what made them both worthy, whether they will last, and the big question – which one deserved the little golden men the most? So Birdman...
  • Film Review – Predestination

    A man walks into a bar and makes a bet with the bartender that his story is more remarkable than any the tender has heard. After the relaying of his painful – and definitely remarkable – tale is complete the bartender (Ethan Hawke) gives the man (Sarah Snook) the...
  • Trailer Watch – Predestination 

    Ethan Hawke appears to get some character expansion in this follow-up trailer to the upcoming science fiction thriller Predestination. The start of the latest look seems to establish that The Bartender (Hawke) was horrifically scarred by a bomb set off by the movie’s main antagonist, The Fizzle Bomber. Performing some time travelling...
  • Scrapbook – Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington is brandishing his own bracket of justice in the new action thriller The Equalizer, and so we’ve justified a short list of the roles we regard as the actor’s finest. Doug Carlin – Déjà Vu Denzel Washington is known for bringing a mixture of sincerity and gravitas...