I have an admission to make: I went to see A Bigger Splash entirely for one of my favourite actors, Tilda Swinton. In the Swinton watching review, this is a very interesting and entertaining film. Swinton plays an aging rock star who has temporarily lost her voice, meaning most of her performance is either silent Read More
Rams is the story of two stubborn brothers who must put aside their differences to protect their animals, creating an interesting dilemma for the viewer; we want to support the brothers’ decision to disobey the law but there are numerous conflicting factors warning us not to. The film follows an ageing man on his journey Read More
Jane Austen’s renowned 19th century novel received a rather unique twist in this adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s book of the same name. Though the idea has great potential, its attempt to both please lovers of Austen and to create a chilling and scary atmosphere for lovers of horror will end up leaving most viewers unsatisfied Read More
“Are you or have you ever been Trumbo?” ask the promotional posters for Jay Roach’s Trumbo, a delicate piece that explores the real events of the McCarthy Era at the height of the paranoia surrounding The Cold War and Russian/Communist influence upon American citizens. Bryan Cranston masterfully takes on the role of Dalton Trumbo, a Read More
Forty-eight years after its television show introduction, Dad’s Army is a film burdened by audience expectations. It is not necessarily a remake or a re-telling, but nearly half a century later, the television sitcom that inspired the storyline is still considered one of the nation’s favourites and with that will surely come followers who would Read More
It’s not a nice day for a white wedding… Beauty and desire can only take you so far in life, a lesson our main character is forced to learn, yet one which director Paula Oritz’s latest work fails to comprehend. A film of very little merit outside of banal superficiality, The Bride is a long Read More
Using the voyeurism of cinema as a medium for the superficiality of the fashion world, Mads Matthiesen’s latest film The Model stares down the cold and unblinking camera lens at the notoriously harsh industry. Focusing on body image, the film does nothing to glamorise the lifestyles of those working within high fashion, examining the mind-set Read More
As someone who has admired Quentin Tarantino’s work for many years, the premise of The Hateful Eight, a small number of characters in an enclosed space, sounded familiar: Reservoir Dogs has the same set-up. However although it returns to an earlier formula, The Hateful Eight comes alive on screen with the usual blood, gore and Read More
The Revenant by Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of Birdman, chronicles the saga of a nineteenth century frontiersman played by Leonardo DiCaprio who struggles against the elements in his quest for revenge. The majority of the film deals with the unforgiving brutality and violence inside the world these characters inhabit, justified by its focus on survival Read More
Irreverence isn’t a tone I often expect of documentaries, but it’s one that perfectly describes Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD. Detailing the history of Britain’s celebrated science fiction comic book, 2000 AD, the film aims to capture the subversive, almost anarchic quality of its inception in the late ‘70s, drawing explicit connections to the Read More