Author Tom Bond

Friendships are tested in this mellow hybrid between a documentary and a drama. Cronies' style references sitcoms like The Office and Parks & Rec with its breaking the fourth wall, but struggles to say...

It’s been 15 years since Almost Famous, one of the finest films about the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, graced our cinema screens. Directed by Cameron Crowe, the film follows 15-year-old aspiring journalist...

If you had to define the comedy of the last 15 years with one name, that name would be Judd Apatow. A sure sign of his dominance is in Indiewire’s recent list of the 25 Best Comedies of the 21st Century So...

The middle of the summer blockbuster season seems an appropriate time to look back at a film which rebelled against so many of that genre’s defining traits. 10 years ago, Shane Carruth’s sci-fi Primer was...

70 years on from the world-changing atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a film about the dangers of nuclear war is finally getting the attention it deserves. War Book is about a government exercise where...

The Wolfpack is a fascinating study of life lived on movies alone. They shape the Angulo family’s personalities, leading to some hilarious spot-on recreations, but the accompanying isolation breeds...

At first glance, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a sexist film. Made by notorious sexploitation director Russ Meyer, the three heroines are go-go dancers who spend the entirety of the film in dangerously...

At only 34 years old but with a substantial body of work behind him it feels like Jake Gyllenhaal is a seasoned pro who is somehow only just getting started. From his breakout role in cult classic Donnie Darko...

Halfway through this glorious year of film that we call 2015, we’ve decided to take stock and write about our favourite movie moments so far. We’ll save worrying about the best films of the year until...

Moving away from Ted’s tiring and prehistoric gender dynamic (mostly), Ted 2 introduces a more inspiring goal…freedom. Comparing Ted’s plight to slavery is of course ridiculous, and MacFarlane treads...

Terminator Genisys throws the franchise’s classic characters and story beats together in what feels more like a Greatest Hits remix than a reboot. Normally that would infuriate, but Taylor’s direction...

Really, Jason Schwartzman should be a bigger star. Part of the prolific Coppola clan and erstwhile creator of teen drama theme tunes, he made his screen acting debut in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore in 1998 – a...

There are plenty of classic films about dancing, from The Red Shoes to Black Swan, but there are also plenty more where the characters slip in a two-step or a spot of dirty dancing out of the blue. Man Up is...

There aren't enough expletives or adjectives to express quite how much you need to see Fury Road. Its brutal war-torn world, built on the liquid viscera of blood, milk and oil, is a dystopia; but the future...

Chris Rock isn’t quite himself in Top Five. He may be playing a stand-up turned film star, but his character is actually Andre Allen, a man struggling to be taken seriously considering his past in...