Let’s Get Down To Business: A Love Letter to Mulan Carmen Paddock June 22, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Apologies to all whose have continued singing “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” in their heads – or out loud – upon reading the title. The 2010s have been a relatively strong decade for Disney...
Scene Stealers: Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds Phil W. Bayles June 21, 2018 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It seems like every other day we get an announcement of another actor that Quentin Tarantino has convinced to join his upcoming Manson-era epic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The last time Tarantino assembled...
The Return of the Romantic Comedy Olivia Luder June 20, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off Dust off the wedding bells, dig out the confetti, it’s time to celebrate: the romantic comedy is back! It’s been a long drought but thanks to Netflix, Trump, and possibly Harry and Meghan, the age of...
The Heist Film: A History Alice Rooney June 19, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features As a common sub-genre of crime films, the heist is going through a renaissance. In recent years, we have moved from the likes of The Bank Job, a film where Jason Statham does exactly what the title says on the...
Jane Campion’s The Piano, 25 Years On Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan June 14, 2018 Features, Spotlight Arriving in the midst of a new era of feminism and a heightened awareness how the film industry treats women, the rerelease of Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano feels well-timed. The film, a Victorian...
5 Cameo Performances That Didn’t Live Up To The Hype Phil W. Bayles June 13, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off One of the most exciting parts about the build-up to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was the news that the legendary Jeff Goldblum would be reprising his role as chaotician/rock star/sex god Ian Malcolm. Our...
Life Finds a Way: The Jurassic World 3 Wish List James Andrews June 12, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom came roaring into cinemas last week, with our Phil calling the sequel/fifth outing 'an entertaining ride... with a fun B-movie premise, decently executed'. Generally good...
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...
The Legacy of The Truman Show James Andrews June 5, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia "And in case I don't see you: good afternoon, good evening and good night!" It's one of the most memorable Jim Carrey lines, up there with "aaalrighty then" and "somebody stop me!" It's also from the film...
Short of the Week – Random Walks Cathy Brennan June 4, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/272473179 For millennia, European borders have wrought havoc on countless lives, whether it be through war, imperialism or a toxic mixture of both. In giving its subjects the chance to...
Why Bryce Dallas Howard is Underrated Alice Rooney May 31, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off, Opinion Everyone has been in the situation: movie night in with your friends, eating popcorn, laughing and joking. The opening titles start and the protagonists appear. Halfway through, you find yourself elbowing the...
There’s More to Star Wars Than Boba Fett & Ben Kenobi Phil W. Bayles May 29, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion This weekend saw the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, an origin story which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the eponymous smuggler and answers some of the burning questions that Star Wars fans have asked for...
Short of the Week – Ten Meter Tower Stephanie Watts May 28, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/154583964 If you were invited to jump from a 10 meter high diving board, would you go for it, or would you chicken out? This is what documentary filmmakers Axel...
The Style and Substance of Bradford Young Kofo Owokoniran May 25, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Solo: A Star Wars Story has arrived in theatres. And amid a production plagued with reshoots and high profile crew replacements, there has been one constant throughout the whole process. Academy Award...
Scene Stealers: Donald Glover in The Martian James Andrews May 24, 2018 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It’s a phrase bandied about quite a lot in the entertainment world, but Donald Glover is quite genuinely a man of many talents. When he’s not preparing to join a galaxy far, far away as a young Lando...