Team Talk – Avengers: Endgame Naomi Soanes April 28, 2019 Reviews It feels like it’s been a long wait since last year’s Infinity War, with only Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the Wasp to satiate our MCU cravings after the fallout of Thanos’ snap. With this much hype...
Team Talk – Venom Naomi Soanes October 8, 2018 Reviews Shrouded by rumours of production difficulties and creative differences in the cutting room, Ruben Fleischer’s iteration of Venom hit cinemas this week with the almost universally preconceived – perhaps...
King of Thieves – Review Naomi Soanes September 19, 2018 Reviews With so many great heist movies already in existence, many even involving the great Michael Caine (see: The Italian Job, Gambit, Get Carter), it’s a wonder that Marsh felt the need to tell a story so...
Top 10 Stoner Comedies Naomi Soanes September 12, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since the release of Pineapple Express back in 2008. But there it is – and the world’s perception and acceptance of marijuana has changed a massive amount...
The Darkest Minds – Review Naomi Soanes August 11, 2018 Reviews Clearly, there are a million and one other dystopian teen flicks that The Darkest Minds could be compared to – The Hunger Games, Divergent, even X-Men, to name but a few. But honestly, it feels unfair to...
The First Purge – Review Naomi Soanes July 6, 2018 Reviews With growing fears that the world is entering into a new Cold War and Donald Trump roaming the halls of the White House, the ideas presented in The Purge feel more relevant and timely than ever. But where The...
The Purge in the Age of Trump Naomi Soanes July 5, 2018 Features, One Off Prior to 2017, the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States seemed like an impossibility. Even after he was voted into power, there was confusion and calls for recount. Just like...
Super Troopers 2 – Review Naomi Soanes June 17, 2018 Reviews It’s been 15 years since Broken Lizard’s first instalment of Super Troopers (2001), a film that, while sitting comfortably within the cult-comedy category, was never considered more than a B-movie. Which...
Scene Stealers: Jeff Goldblum in Thor: Ragnarok Naomi Soanes June 6, 2018 Features, Scene Stealers, Spotlight Jeff Goldblum has been stealing scenes on silver screens for a long time now, and so it should come as no surprise that he was at it again in 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok as the eccentric Grandmaster. Sporting...
Why Ryan Reynolds Makes The Perfect Deadpool (With Minimum Effort) Naomi Soanes May 15, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight The marketing team for Deadpool 2 must be feeling pretty pleased with themselves right about now. And quite rightly so - they’ve managed to create the funny, sarcastic series of promos that have...
How Accurate is Hollywood’s Portrayal of Boxing on Film? Naomi Soanes March 30, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion There’s something curiously seductive about boxing. Whether it’s because there’s a great deal of respect for the sport due to the strength and commitment required to be good at it, or simply the fact...
Gringo – Review Naomi Soanes March 11, 2018 Reviews Sold as a dark action-comedy, and boasting a surprisingly A-list cast, Gringo has all the makings of a successful crime drama right from the outset. The film follows Harold (Oyelowo), a down-on-his-luck...
How Did the Chick Flick Suddenly Become a Critically Acclaimed Genre? Naomi Soanes February 16, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion It’s no secret that "chick flicks" are widely misunderstood as simply fodder for audiences of the teen girl persuasion. Historically, films that fall into this category (whether justified or not) are...
The 15:17 to Paris – Review Naomi Soanes February 10, 2018 Reviews When it comes to films that portray true acts of heroism, it feels uncompassionate to do anything other than praise them. However, sometimes we’re left in the sticky position where there really isn’t that...
Den of Thieves – Review Naomi Soanes February 4, 2018 Reviews If you’ve watched Gudegast and Butler’s previous collaboration, London Has Fallen, then you probably already know what to expect from their most recent crime caper: lots of guns, lots of explosions, and an...