The Other Side of the Wind – Venice 2018 Review Tom Bond August 31, 2018 Reviews It’s an uncanny feeling to be watching a new Orson Welles film, over thirty years after the man’s death. The Other Side of the Wind is a Frankenstein’s Monster of a film and is every bit as haphazard,...
Set It Up – Review Sarah J June 18, 2018 Reviews Set It Up is a fun, refreshing film in a time where romcoms that enter our cultural consciousness are either iconoclastic Hollywood blockbusters (from Bridesmaids to Pretty Woman) or cringeworthy Netflix...
Alex Strangelove – Review Rachel Brook June 11, 2018 Reviews Craig Johnson has never matched 2014’s The Skeleton Twins, and Alex Strangelove doesn’t change that. It’s an affable entry to the high school movie genre, and squeezes in several pleasant surprises...
Ibiza – Review Tom McAdam May 27, 2018 Reviews Ibiza is one of those films that isn't what you think it will be. It presents as being a fun, raunchy, edgy comedy in the style of Judd Apatow or Lena Dunham. The trailer promises fun, romance, music and...
Cargo – Review Louise Burrell May 20, 2018 Reviews Cargo may be a post-apocalyptic zombie thriller, but this is not an all-out horror flick. Basing it on their previous short film, directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke instead focus on humanity. While this...
Kodachrome – Review James Andrews April 20, 2018 Reviews Netflix’s latest original movie comes with a disclaimer warning that it contains product placement. With the title being the brand name of a type of Kodak film, and a proud declaration that it was shot on...
Annihilation and the Terror of the Uncanny Tom Bond April 18, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Even if you saw Annihilation when it first hit Netflix a month ago, you probably haven’t been able to forget its most powerful scenes. Ostensibly a sci-fi mystery about a meteorite and the strange shimmering...
Netflix, Annihilation, and Elitism in Cinema Christopher Preston March 15, 2018 Features, One Off, Opinion People fight on the Internet. Who knew? The latest bout of byte-slinging has been sparked by the release - or, perhaps, lack of release - of Alex Garland’s Annihilation. For context, the movie was...
Annihilation – Review Kambole Campbell March 13, 2018 Reviews Like a refraction of Ex Machina’s interrogation of artificial intelligence, Alex Garland’s Annihilation asks similar questions about humanity’s impulse towards self-destruction, through images that are...
Your Week In Film: Han, Dan, Denzel and Riz Stephen O'Nion October 20, 2017 News 1. Han Solo gets a...
Kingdom of Us – LFF 2017 Review Louise Burrell October 9, 2017 Reviews Suicide and mental health are vitally important topics of discussion, with Kingdom of Us facing these head on. In a relentlessly challenging documentary brought to us by Netflix, creator Lucy Cohen shows the...
Your Week In Film: Oyelowo, Han Solo, Mo’ Leto? Stephen O'Nion August 25, 2017 News 1. WB decide “screw it” – hire Todd Phillips director for Joker: Origins Having failed to the tune of $745 million with Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. are ready to have another whack at this...
Your Week In Film: Licence to Kill, Drive, Gamble Responsibly Stephen O'Nion August 18, 2017 News 1. Daniel Craig will return as Bond. Obviously. Well, that was predictable. Proving that all it takes is a dumptruck full of money, Daniel Craig has been talked out of slashing his wrists and into another...
Your Week In Film: Milla and Millar, Netflix and Negga Stephen O'Nion August 11, 2017 News 1. Netflix acquires Millarworld Much like one of its biggest, hittest shows, it’s been a world of ups and downs for Netflix. Yup, we’re talking about you, Flaked. The up is most certainly the company’s...
Is Netflix a Good Place for New Films? Kambole Campbell July 1, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features With the recent release of Okja on Netflix's world famous and immensely popular streaming service alongside a quite limited cinematic release, we decided to get together and have a chat about Netflix's methods...