Rewind Review

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...

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...

“Like a virgin, touched for the very first time”. Reservoir Dogs was the explosive debut I was expecting from Quentin Tarantino. After all, this is the man who’s shown us unparalleled levels of gore and destruction in recent hits Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. Madonna’s tender love song is a million...

We’re introducing our new feature, “How Have You Never Seen…?”, where our writers finally get round to watching a classic film they’ve somehow never seen before, and review the time-honoured piece of cinema for their first time. In our first installment, Joe gets onboard with one of the most successful films in...

With nothing else to do on a 2010 December’s day, one couldn’t be criticised if they popped into the cinema and decided on a film that had some eye-candy in, The Tourist. However, such a decision would be regrettable due to what is an excruciatingly abysmal film. The only way to describe The...

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” Gladiator...

Imagine a society where the youngest person in the world is 18 years, 4 months, 2 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes old and the most famous celebrity on the planet. ‘Baby Diego’ is special for only one reason: he was the last person ever conceived. Children of Men...