Only the Brave – Review Naomi Soanes November 11, 2017 Reviews Based on the title of this biographic weepie alone, you can probably guess what you’re letting yourself in for when you settle in for Only the Brave’s 134-minute run time. That’s right, you can fully...
Stories From The Set: Requiem for a Dream Thom Denson September 14, 2017 Features, Stories from the Set This weekend sees the release of Darren Aronofsky’s latest movie, Mother!, a film in which the New York auteur torments his collaborative (and, to those of us not above the gossip columns, romantic) partner...
Second Chance: Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (2014) Patrick Taylor September 12, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance A cursory look through the litany of reviews on its Rotten Tomatoes page will tell you that opinions on Darren Aronofsky's Noah are hardly ambivalent. And it would, admittedly, be wrong to deny that the film...
The Romantic Rebel: Falling In Love With Jareth The Goblin King Amy Hubbard June 27, 2016 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Today marks 30 years since Jim Henson’s initially slighted, but since lauded, masterpiece Labyrinth was released in cinemas in America. At the risk of sounding slightly hyperbolic, this was a moment in...
COMPETITION – Win Shelter on DVD! David Brake January 8, 2016 Competitions Happy New Year you wonderful lot. Thanks to the tremendous folk at Arrow Films, we've got TWO copies of Shelter to give away! Aren't they lovely? Not heard of it? It's this wonderful Paul Bettany number....
Best Films Never Made #18: Paul Verhoeven’s Crusade Ben Murphie August 17, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment If there is one thing Paul Verhoeven knows how to do, it is create a huge action movie with bodies flying everywhere. If there is one thing Arnold Schwarzenegger knows how to do, it is be the person throwing...
Noah – Review Cameron Ward April 5, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Darren Aronofsky's liberal retelling of the classic Genesis myth is notably epic in both its newly modernised relevance, and its biblically requisite sense of scale. However, much of the tale's innate...