Author Marcus Beard

A Wrinkle in Time is a colourful, universe-hopping adventure to find Chris Pine: the man so handsome you quickly forget his character's name. After her quantum physicist father's suspicious disappearance,...

Do you miss the good old days? Back when this country was great, I could pass flatus in public and no one would bat an eye. In fact, I even used to soil myself and it would be cleaned up for me. What’s...

Being superficial isn't always a bad thing. If you're aware of your own tendency for cheap thrills, tight asses and ripped torsos, you can lean into it and not come off as an asshole. Baywatch is vapid and...

In large, stately kitchens, the bond between Head Chef and a Sous Chef is like family. In a scene where one chooses to go India, the other to Pakistan, as a result of the 1947 Indian Independence Plan,...

There's something so Italian about big, wholesome families with a lot of extra love to give. In Sweet Dreams, an Italian film from director Marco Bellocchio, we watch the life of a man struggling to cope with...

For xXx newcomers, the opening events of this film might seem confusing. To explain: superheroes do exist in this cinematic universe, but they possess nothing more than inexplicable athletic abilities and...

It's the season for families to gather together. In Why Him? it's finally time for proud father Ned Fleming to meet his daughter's new boyfriend. Following a well-trodden comedy formula, he's not the...

Ah, it's that time of year again. Somewhere deep in an airless cavern, a loudspeaker stirs. A poorly-fed intern recoils with fearful anticipation. With a single word from Mr Murdoch, the ceremony is set in...

Apparently I'm a millennial, along with 95% of the people who read and write for this website. I'm not entirely sure what any of this means, beyond being old enough to buy a TV but young enough to never...

Drug money and cartel blood get spilled, then cleaned up, in this tense true-to-life crime drama. Based on the autobiography of US Customs special agent Robert Mazur, we see Bryan Cranston go undercover to...

Great moments in The Beatles: Eight Days a Week come from right inside Abbey Road Studios. Audio ripped straight from reel-to-reel recorders whirs up, and you hear a choice riff from a classic like the film's...

Ghostbusters has driven divisions down several fissures in society. We're not talking about the gold standard 1984 comedy, or the multi-million franchise that followed - we're focusing specifically on the 2016...

Mixed reviews and lukewarm fan reception have greeted Bryan Singer’s newest mutant flick over the last few days. X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t even out in North America yet, but folks here in the UK have already...