Tagged 2015

The line between fact and fiction gets seriously blurry in this bizarre, Georgian documentary about a middle-aged man’s search for medical attention. As Levan sits through meeting after meeting with...

Survivor is nonsense. The manner in which you accept that affects your opinion of James McTeigue's latest number. Yet even when straining for the positives, there are a lot of flaws here. The 9/11 themed...

Roll up, roll up, for a documentary experience like no other. Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson takes footage from the National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield and assembles a...

Despite overusing genre tropes, Spy is an enjoyable romp for those that are after a good bit of stupidity and solid laughs. Melissa McCarthy’s characterisation is concise and well-executed, and she is...

In this breezy, 21st century flick, we get a modern day British saviour of the diluted romcom genre. This highly likeable number scores big points through its impressive leads. It's good to see Pegg make a...

A brave central performance from Hye-rim Moon goes a small way towards redeeming the broad feeling of frustration left by Su-won Shin’s Madonna. With shades of Almodóvar’s Talk to Her, an interesting...

Like an unassuming and subtler Birdman, Clouds of Sils Maria takes advantage of its actor protagonist Maria (Binoche) in order to probe a potential overlap between fiction and reality. A dawdling...

With tensions between the USA and Russia on the rise again, this film is a timely reminder of how close the world came to nuclear apocalypse in 1983. The man in question is the conflicted Stanislav...

Jon Stewart. You know, that guy from Big Daddy? The voice of Zeebad in the Magic Roundabout movie, Doogal? He played himself in several films too, like The Adjustment Bureau. Still nothing? You’d be...

https://vimeo.com/125527643 The Alchemist’s Letter is a beautiful, inventive animation, filled with detail. Ever evolving into new scenes, each adding another layer of artistry, this is the...

Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...

Get Hard awkwardly stumbles through attempts at finding humour in racial and sexual differences. Allegations of xeno/homophobia could be partially diffused by comedic context, but this comedy clearly needs to...

Suite Française shows the civilian casualties of war, taking attention far from the frontline to an untroubled countryside. Williams and Schoenaerts display a compelling chemistry in their doubly...

From the brief setup and first exhilarating droid deployment (complete with bot’s-eye view camerawork), Chappie appears to fulfill the premise’s potential to be this director’s masterwork. Watch with...

It's finally here: the biggest night of the year (narrowly beating Martin Luther King Day). If you're anything like us, you'll be having a stellar bash to celebrate the ultimate rewarding of your favourite...