Luca – Review Phil W. Bayles June 19, 2021 Reviews After giving us all an existential crisis with Soul, the folks at Pixar have taken things down a few notches with Luca. It’s a charming story about two boys - Luca (Jacob Tremblay) and Alberto (Jack Dylan...
Good Boys – Review Tom Bond August 14, 2019 Reviews Based on its trailer, you might expect Good Boys to be an embarrassment of sex jokes pushed upon kids too inexperienced to make them funny. While there is the occasional misfire, Lee Eisenberg and Gene...
The Predator – TIFF 2018 Review Stephanie Watts September 7, 2018 Reviews The Predator has landed back on Earth, and this time his target is a small autistic boy, his father, and a ragtag bunch of soldiers all receiving psychiatric treatment. Together, they prepare to hunt down the...
Wonder – Review James Andrews December 2, 2017 Reviews Arriving against the backdrop of division, intolerance and hate that is 2017, Wonder is exactly what the doctor ordered to cheer us all up in time for Christmas. With a marketing campaign based around the...
The Book of Henry – Review Phil W. Bayles June 21, 2017 Reviews Gregg Hurwitz's screenplay for The Book of Henry has been searching for a director since the late 1990s. Watching the film, it’s not difficult to see why. Tonally, it’s all over the place. It starts as...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 4. Room Daniel Orton December 28, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Not a day goes by that I don’t think about this film, but it isn’t a film I would like to watch again anytime soon. Room is the story of Jack, a five-year-old boy born and brought up in captivity; he is...
Your Week In Film: Tatum Splashes, Box Offices Bust, Fantastic Sequels, and the Return of Mel Gibson… Stephen O'Nion August 5, 2016 News 1. Channing Tatum will play a mermaid in remake of Splash, obviously Channing Tatum is no stranger to reboots; there’s the pair of Jump Street films, the adaptation of G.I. Joe, and the upcoming Men In...
Room – LFF Review Rachel Brook January 17, 2016 Reviews Donaghue’s adaptation of her own novel translates the vastly distinct sections of Room equally skilfully, and treats the recoveries of both Jack and Ma with nuance. It’s Jack’s charming perspective...