Charlie’s Angels – Review Carmen Paddock November 28, 2019 Reviews A pop feminist, blingy advert for girl power could have been a fun, if fluffy, night at the cinema, but unfortunately the new Charlie’s Angels is let down by a script that neither serves the predictable plot...
The Kid Who Would Be King – Review Rory Steabler February 19, 2019 Reviews The long wait for writer-director Joe Cornish’s second feature is over, and The Kid Who Would Be King does not disappoint – though it may not be quite what fans of Attack the Block were expecting. While...
The Emoji Movie – Review Kambole Campbell August 5, 2017 Reviews The Emoji Movie struggles to know its audience from the very beginning. It wants to be an earnest film about the wonders of the inside of a smartphone, but also wants to mock teenagers for depending on them....
Logan – Berlinale 2017 Review Christopher Preston February 17, 2017 Reviews “Right or wrong, it’s a brand,” Alan Ladd’s Shane philosophises in the western which bears his name. “A brand sticks. There’s no going back.” The line has been included in Logan, the widely...
Your Week In Film: Eastern Promises, Western Capitalism and Poop Stephen O'Nion January 20, 2017 News 1. MLK weekend is a fairly unhappy holiday for new releases The Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the US is usually a chance for a blockbuster to open big against the awards bait swamping the cinema....
Was X-Men: The Last Stand Really That Bad? Patrick Taylor May 17, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance The conclusion to a second X-Men franchise is upon us. 2011’s X-Men: First Class sent us back to the swinging sixties with Charles Xavier and his groovy mutations and now it comes to a head in X-Men:...
Green Room – Review Tori Brazier May 14, 2016 Reviews Green Room has a decent concept compared to what one might expect of a thriller/slasher flick: an unsigned band (all very credibly acted) plays a last-minute gig at a seedy, backwater venue, leading to...
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Review Tom Bond May 13, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments Empire. X-Men. 25 covers. 1 issue. It was more worrying than exciting. How on earth would Singer combine two franchises into one coherent film? Answer: very, very well. The cast serve the story, not their...