A Quiet Place | Film Review | 4*
It’s Day 89 of we’re-not-sure-what, and the Abbott family are out shopping for supplies. Barefoot, they creep across a shop floor. We don’t know how it happened, we don’t know…
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Unsane | Film Review | 4*
Making a good impression working at a bank after moving 400 miles across the US, Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) is a smart but somewhat unapproachable woman trying to move on…
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Film Review | 3*
As we rejoin hooligan-turned-superspy Eggsy (Taron Egerton) in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, he’s enjoying the Kingsman life and getting to grips with meeting the regal family of his new girlfriend…
The Big Sick | Film Review | 5*
Based on his life, The Big Sick follows Kumail Nanjiani (playing himself) back when he was trying to break into the comedy industry. He meets a girl called Emily (Zoe…
Black Panther | Film Review | 4*
‘In times of crisis, the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers’. Picking up shortly after the events of his father’s death in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther…
Good Time | Film Review | 4*
After a bank robbery goes wrong and his mentally handicapped brother Nick (Benny Safdie) is caught and imprisoned, Connie Nikas (Robert Pattinson) has a hellish night doing everything he can…
The Love Witch | Film Review | 3*
Written and directed by Anna Biller, The Love Witch is a technicolor trip back to the cinema of the 1960s. It stars Samantha Robinson as Elaine, a love witch with…
Brawl in Cell Block 99 | Film Review | 3*
After he loses his job and almost his marriage, Bradley Thomas (played a bald, tattooed and unnervingly serious Vince Vaughn) turns to drug running to provide a better life for…
Dunkirk | Film Review | 3*
The British army has been forced on to the French beach of Dunkirk as the Germans close in from all sides. With hundreds of thousands of men waiting in the…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Film Review | 4*
Months after her daughter was violently murdered, wrathful mother Mildred (Frances McDormand) pays to display a message on three unused billboards just outside of town, questioning the lack of action…
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Film Review | 4*
At the start of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (surely that’s too much punctuation for one film title?), we meet the IMF team during some classic highjinks, but it turns…
War For The Planet Of The Apes | Film Review | 3*
So, to recap. Spoilers ahead for the previous films in the series. RISE Of The Planet Of The Apes was the one with James Franco, that blonde one from Harry…
Movie News Roundup #7 | 04/12/2017
How’s it hanging movie fans? We can’t get away with saying that, can we….? Here’s the latest news from the past week or so in film and TV – with…
A Film Writer’s Education: Raging Bull
A Film Writer’s Education is a feature where our editor Sophie gets her act together, and watches all of those classic films that she should have seen by now, but hasn’t….
Stranger Things 2 | Netflix Review | 4*
When Stranger Things hit Netflix just over a year ago, even the Duffer brothers that created it could not have predicted the cultural phenomenon it would become. Internet memes, the…
The Avengers: Infinity War Trailer Is Here!
Deep breaths, everyone… Holy fricking moly – the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War is finally here. Marvel have finally dropped a teaser for their biggest (and hopefully best) film yet….
Movie News Roundup #6 | 26/11/2017
Hi-de-hi movie lovers! Here’s the biggest news from the world of film and television that broke this week, collated below for your reading pleasure. From our Jurassic family to yours….
Cabin In The Woods | Film Review | 3*
Cabin In The Woods, directed by Drew Goddard and with Joss Whedon on board as producer, is a rip roaring meta-horror of a movie released back in 2012. Starring Kristen Connolly…
Saoirse Ronan Stars In Trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’
It looks like there’s a new indie coming-of-age film to get excited about on the way, in the form of Lady Bird, the directorial debut of actress and writer Greta…
Movie News Roundup #3 – 30/10/2017
Have a gander at the latest news from the land of film and telly below. If you’d like to see recent trailer releases, click here. Netflix cancels House of Cards…
Will Smith Stars In Netflix’s Bright Movie Trailer
Netflix dropped the full trailer recently for their upcoming movie original Bright, starring Will Smith and directed by David Ayers. You know those creatures, like orcs and elves and things,…
Gone Girl | Film Review | 3*
Gone Girl is the adaptation of the thrilling and bestselling novel of the same name from writer Gillian Flynn, who also compiled the screenplay. Starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike,…
Money Monster | Film Review | 2*
Released in 2016 and directed by Jodie Foster, Money Monster tells the story of how an unbearable host of a financial TV show and his crew are taken hostage by…
La La Land | Film Review | 3*
It’s the film that’s already swept the Golden Globes and picked up a massive 14 Oscar nominations, but is La La Land really worth all the hype? Damien Chazelle‘s follow…
Victoria | Film Review | 5*
Victoria caused quite the stir when it was released; following in the footsteps of Birdman, but taking the idea to a whole new level, this German masterpiece tells the story…
‘EKAJ’: Homelessness, LGBT and Being a First Time Female Director
Set in the somewhat dark side of the streets of New York, EKAJ is the story of a young, gay homeless man, and the people he meets along the way whilst…
Zootropolis | Film Review | 4*
Zootropolis (or Zootopia) is the animated smash from 2016 which takes a look at an imaginary world where humans don’t exist, and animals live together in harmony (mostly) to run the…
Captain America: Civil War | Film Review | 5*
As we go into the third Captain America instalment, we see our heroes divided due to the aftermath of the Sokovia incident from the previous Avengers movie. Chris Evan‘s Captain…
The Purge: Election Year | Film Review | 3*
As we enter election year, and the third film in the Purge trilogy, the annual purge is now a well established part of American life – so much so, that…
Jason Bourne | Film Review | 5*
The dream team of Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reunited to give amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne another mission, much to the joy of Bourne fans the world over…