Joseph Rodgers

Pablo Larrain’s unconventional yet brilliant Jackie is a biopic that feels incredibly relevant, thanks to the historical context of its release date.   Just over a week ago, Donald Trump became President of the United States of America, and one of the most noticeable offshoots of the event was...

Arrival is a magnificent science-fiction film which perfectly achieves the balance so many large-scale movies aim for, and often fail to accomplish: to create a film that is impressive in its visual scope, yet maintains an emotional intimacy in amidst the plot and special effects.  This is Dennis Villeneuve’s...

The monumental success of Marvel’s core Iron Man and Captain America films has given them the freedom to pursue more offbeat and risky projects, such as Ant Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and now Doctor Strange, which takes the series in an exciting, psychedelic new direction.    Benedict Cumberbatch...

Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film, Crimson Peak, starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston, is a masterful Gothic romance that displays all the classic staples of the genre, and, as expected with a Del Toro film, features dazzling visuals. Del Toro tends to balance his art-house Spanish films...

“It takes a lot of love to hate a man this much” narrates Reggie Kray’s wife in the opening of the new British gangster film, Legend.  It is a deft line that embodies the conflicted attitude many Brits have towards the notorious Kray twins.  While they were often brutally...

John Cusack and Paul Dano play Brian Wilson in two separate chapters in the turbulent life of the Beach Boys front-man. The two time-lines are interspersed throughout, and combine to form an unconventional yet altogether exceptional biopic. Director Bill Pohlad eschews the usual linear narratives reserved for films such...

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...