• Look Out For… November

    This month there are several continuations of different franchises. Hoping to score the awards-love that its prior film controversially missed out on, is the latest in the Rocky series: Creed II. Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy, taking over from Rooney Mara) returns in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, a...
  • Look Out For… September

    Ah, September; the beginning of my favourite time of year. Soon the wind will be crisper, the leaves will become multi-coloured, and – most importantly – it will be awards season again. But before we’re bombarded by a barrage of hoity-toity Oscar hopefuls, there’s a plethora of films on...
  • Look out For… August

    As this unusually warm summer rages on, the box office appears to have borne the brunt of it. Nevertheless, there’s a plethora of films to enjoy this month. It would be understandable if you had forgotten that there was yet another addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe coming out...
  • Look Out For… July

    With exams far behind us and summer in full swing, what better time to take a trip to the cinema? The football World Cup means that we’re a little low on big-budget blockbusters, but if show-stopping musicals are your bag, then there are a couple to keep your eye...
  • Look Out For…May

    As exam season begins to sneak along the horizon like the creepy lion from the Teletubbies, there is once again a whole plethora of films on offer. If you’re in the mood to cry, then Andrew Haigh follows his critically acclaimed 2015 film 45 Years with Lean on Pete,...
  • Look Out For… April

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: April – like its autumn sibling, September – is an ‘in-between’ month in the movie calendar, bridging the gap between awards season and summer blockbuster season. So that basically means that every genre is represented! From Blumhouse horror Truth or...
  • The State of the Academy Awards

    After a controversial and complex history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a chance to do the right thing. The only problem for the Academy though, in taking this chance, is that no one seems to know what the right thing entails. On 5th October 2017,...