X-Men: Dark Phoenix – Review James Andrews June 5, 2019 Reviews Critiquing an X-Men film is now all relative, given how increasingly hit and miss the series has become – but after the nadir of 2016's Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix proves a pleasant surprise. While not hitting...
Red Sparrow – Review James Andrews March 3, 2018 Reviews Let's get the elephant out of the room straight away: Red Sparrow is not a pseudo-Black Widow. Despite some undeniably shared DNA and a similar title, this is a different beast. But, marketed as a slick, sexy...
Mother! – Review Jack Blackwell September 15, 2017 Reviews Both booed and applauded at the end of its first screening at Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! is a raucous, vicious horror-thriller that also happens to be utter nonsense. It hangs together...
Passengers – Review Rachel Brook December 22, 2016 Reviews Passengers opens with a genuinely cinematic sequence, free of dialogue and even human characters. We’re introduced to the Avalon – a hyper-futuristic spaceship which nevertheless still echoes 2001 with its...
Your Week In Film: The Rock, ‘Rangers, Robin Hood, ‘Rim and more! Stephen O'Nion September 23, 2016 News 1. The Greatest Movie Of All Time’s sequel builds its cast Pacific Rim 2, the sequel that everyone wants—and if you don’t, take a good, long hard at yourself—has started to kick into gear ahead of...
Your Week In Film: Box Offices, Biopics, Boyega, Banks, and more… Stephen O'Nion June 10, 2016 News 1.Warcraft: The Beginning conquers China, Europe Although Duncan Jones’ Warcraft: The Beginning looks like it might even struggle to make second place at this week’s US Box Office - against The Conjuring...
Why The Internet Thinks Jennifer Lawrence Was The Worst Thing About X-Men: Apocalypse Marcus Beard May 23, 2016 Analysis, Features, Stat Attack Mixed reviews and lukewarm fan reception have greeted Bryan Singer’s newest mutant flick over the last few days. X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t even out in North America yet, but folks here in the UK have already...
Interview: Bryan Singer Talks About The Apocalypse David Brake May 18, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview In X-Men: Apocalypse, we find our favourite group of mutants in 1983, dealing with more than just the fashions of the time. An ancient, powerful and extremely angry creature named Apocalypse has awakened after...
X-Men: Apocalypse – Review Tom Bond May 17, 2016 Reviews Singer jumps at this second chance to establish the characters he first brought to the screen 16 years ago, unleashing new powers and revisiting old stories with typical invention. This is when he and the film...
The Case For The Animorphs Movie Franchise Olivia Luder May 13, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion 6 Comments It’s been over six months since the Hunger Games series ended and the world is crying out for another decent YA adaptation. Divergent did not prove to be diverting, The Maze Runner left us totally lost and...
Joy – Review Thom Denson January 2, 2016 Reviews After a colourful introduction to Hollywood with high profile bust-ups on previous sets, David O. Russell has developed into one of the most dependable and Oscar-friendly directors on the...
Spotlight: Jennifer Lawrence Rachel Brook January 1, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight We all know Jennifer Lawrence as the Girl on Fire, or Katniss Everdeen, from the recently wrapped Hunger Games series. Throughout the saga - well, until Mockingjay Part 2 - Lawrence’s acting was every bit...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – Review Bertie Archer November 20, 2015 Reviews Mockingjay 2 rejoins Panem in a war of attrition, which soon grates the audience more than the enemy. Confusing Young Adult for Petulant Adolescent, the interchangeably unoriginal and illogical plot treats...
Why Do Teenagers Love Dystopian Films? Madeline Joint March 19, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion For anyone over the age of 21, the recent cinematic trend of adapting dystopian fiction seems a little baffling. Taking a look at the abusive vampire flicks and cancer-based teen dramas we’re used to seeing...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – Review Christopher Preston November 24, 2014 Reviews The Hunger Games hasn’t given birth to twins. Instead, it has stretched out the limbs of its concluding chapter to the point of cracking dislocation. The bite of the adaptation’s first instalments has...