Ant-Man and The Wasp | Film Review | 3*
Let’s set the scene. It’s 2 years after the events of Captain America: Civil War. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is still under house arrest for breaking the Sokovia Accords by…
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For Fat Women, The Existence of ‘Dietland’ is Groundbreaking
Looking back at previous depictions of fat women on screen, you’d be hard pushed to find anything truly positive. Instead, we are the fat but non-threatening friend; the whale someone…
Hotel Artemis | Film Review | 4*
It’s the year 2028 and there’s a riot going down in LA thanks to big business shutting off public water supply. We meet Sharman (Sterling K. Brown) in the middle…
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…
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…
Kingsman: The Secret Service | Film Review | 4*
After his father dies in the line of duty, young but gifted tearaway Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is given a medallion by secret agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) with an apology…
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….
Movie News Roundup #4 – 06/11/2017
Hi-de-hi movie fans! Feast your eyes below on the movie news roundup for this week. To see the latest movie trailers, click here. Amazon planning a ‘Lord of the Rings’…
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…
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,…
Movie News Weekly Roundup #2 | 22/10/2017
Happy Sunday movie fans! Here’s the best and brightest movie news from the past week. To see all of the latest trailer releases, click here. Riz Ahmed working on Netflix’s…
Teaser of Margot Robbie in ‘I, Tonya’
The first teaser has arrived for I, Tonya, the dark comedy-sports-biopic of American figure skating star Tonya Harding. We get to see Margot Robbie (Wolf of Wall Street) as the…
New ‘The Punisher’ Trailer & Release Date
Today Netflix released a full length trailer for The Punisher, a solo series for Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, the ex-military man with a tragic backstory that we met in…
Green Room | Film Review | 3*
Green Room, directed by Jeremy Saulnier, is the story of a punk band on the road. Broke and looking for a gig to keep them going after someone lets them…
‘The New Mutants’ Trailer & Trilogy News
After the critical acclaim and success of more edgy superhero and X-Men films Deadpool and Logan, it seems we’re going to see more of this kind of experimentation within the…