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...
Ghost Dog and Jim Jarmusch’s Weird Outsiders Kambole Campbell November 25, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Mixing hip-hop flair with the samurai ethos, arthouse cool with wild action sequences, and Forest Whitaker with a bunch of birds, Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai couldn’t be a stranger,...
Arrival – Venice 2016 Review Stephanie Watts September 1, 2016 Reviews “Well, what do you make of that?" Colonel Weber (Whitaker) rather amusingly asks linguist professor Louise (Adams) after he plays her an indecipherable recording of the sound of aliens that have just landed...
Southpaw – Review Thom Denson July 26, 2015 Reviews MMA-centric Warrior once perfectly blurred the lines between predictable fluff and hard-hitting emotional heft. Southpaw treads the same path with less punches on target. This is a redemption movie and so...
Dope – Cannes 2015 Review Nick Evan-Cook May 26, 2015 Reviews Edgy, sharp and witty, Dope quickly and confidently does the legwork of establishing its world and characters, but seemingly struggles to know what to do with them once it’s done. Dope is a hilarious...
Taken 3 – Review Cameron Ward January 8, 2015 Reviews Olivier Megaton’s second and final contribution to the Taken franchise offers reinvention through self-destruction, but does little with it once risen from the ashes. Taking little from either side of its...
Taken 3 – Interview with Olivier Megaton Cameron Ward January 6, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Take me once, shame on you. Take me twice, shame on me. What happens when it happens the third time? We sat down with Taken 3 director Olivier Megaton to talk about the process, the franchise, and what...
