Wonder Woman 1984 – Review Anna McKibbin December 17, 2020 Reviews Towards the end of Wonder Woman 1984, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) desperately shouts “why are you doing this?” at the villain cackling maniacally down at her. It feels twistedly cathartic to hear this as an...
A Wrinkle in Time – Review Marcus Beard March 17, 2018 Reviews 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,...
Team Talk – Wonder Woman Rachel Brook June 4, 2017 Reviews Here it is, finally: a female-fronted superhero movie directed by a woman. But does Wonder Woman live up to its name or squander its landmark potential? Our very own Tom Bond believes DC have finally got...
Your Week In Film: Jurassic Jeff, Classic ‘Cameron, and Tilda Stephen O'Nion April 28, 2017 News 1. James Cameron really hopes you’re free in December 2025 Managing to lend an element of bombast and futurismo to an otherwise standard scheduling announcement, James Cameron has unleashed the release...
Star Trek Beyond – Review Christopher Preston July 22, 2016 Reviews Deep upon the rugged planet of Altamid, Commander Spock and Lieutenant Commander McCoy ruminate the consequences of thanatophobia. “The fear of death is illogical,” concludes Spock, but McCoy is quick to...
Your Week In Film: Divergent’s dive, Star Trek’s stars, Pokémon’s poaching Stephen O'Nion July 22, 2016 News 1. Lionsgate plots TV-centric future for Divergent One of the bigger surprises this week - not least to its star, Shailene Woodley - concerned the Divergent franchise. On Wednesday, Variety reported that the...
Hell Or High Water – Cannes 2016 Review Nick Evan-Cook May 16, 2016 Reviews Despite the high watermark set by Starred Up, David Mackenzie betters himself once again with the immensely gratifying western Hell or High Water, a genre hybrid with a rich streak of melancholy but no...
Into the Woods – Review Patrick Taylor January 10, 2015 Reviews 2 Comments With its loudly trumpeted message of "be careful what you wish for", Rob Marshall’s stagey version of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale mash-up musical is toe-tapping good fun. Not aided by the two-part...
Horrible Bosses 2 – Review Tom Bond November 22, 2014 Reviews For better or worse, if you’ve watched a mainstream US comedy in the last five years, it’s going to be riddled with improv. Horrible Bosses 2 is no different and Bateman, Day and Sudeikis offer nothing...
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – Review Christopher Preston January 26, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an old song being covered by a new band. Spies, baddies, countries at stake. There is even a rivalry between America and Russia. Fancy that! Chris Pine is a likeable lead, but...