Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – Review Phil W. Bayles July 20, 2017 Reviews The world of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is never less than spectacular to behold. Almost every frame is composed like a painting or the cover of a pulp sci-fi novel, bursting with colour and...
A Cure For Wellness – Review Thom Denson February 26, 2017 Reviews Lunacy (noun): extreme folly or eccentricity. To run that definition over Gore Verbinksi’s new horror epic as a cohesive, "lunatic", work feels almost redundant due to the impossible about-turns and...
How Dane DeHaan Mastered The Low-Budget Drama Naomi Soanes February 24, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight By now you've probably seen the trailer for A Cure for Wellness, a movie that could easily turn out to be the most bizarre of 2017. It’s a far cry from the usual spiel for director Gore Verbinski,...
A Love Letter to… Chronicle Eddie Falvey August 5, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia "I'm an apex predator." This is the chilling reality rarely explored in the superhero genre: if you have superpowers, you're top of the food chain. Even Batman's more sombre, existential antics are...
Life – Berlinale 2015 Review Danielle Davenport February 18, 2015 Reviews 1 Comment Life begins with exciting momentum. It enjoys high quality writing and is genuinely funny at times. It is aesthetically impactful. So what’s the problem? Good writing does not necessarily equal a good...
Life After Beth – EIFF Review Cameron Ward June 27, 2014 Reviews Writer-director Jeff Baena's directorial and feature debut, Life After Beth, is equal parts tender satire and physical zom-com. Plaza and DeHaan deliver thoroughly accomplished performances, seamlessly...
Top 10 Superhero Films of All Time Tom Bond May 31, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 5 Comments As the superhero franchise machine rumbles on, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the history of the genre. I’ve explored its past, present and future and now I’m here to put my neck on the...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Review Christopher Preston April 9, 2014 Reviews Calling Marc Webb’s perfunctory remixing of Spider-Man’s origins "Amazing" was an audacious claim back in 2012. Now, less than two years later, comes the web-slinger’s greatest battle: to remain...
Kill Your Darlings – LFF Review David Brake October 5, 2013 Reviews To make a debut feature about the birth of beat poetry in America is a bold and risky move. Krokidas scores surprisingly well by looking at the movement not through typewriters and papers but through people...