Nolan’s latest offers a harrowing and visceral account of the men who desperately struggled to make their way home. From British director Christopher Nolan, best known for his Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception, comes Dunkirk: a cinematic recounting of the real life evacuation of British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk between May…
Review: ‘Baby Driver’
Wright’s newest film sees Ansel Elgort live life in the fast lane. “They call me Baby Driver, And once upon a pair of wheels, I hit the road and I’m gone…” So begins the chorus of the Simon & Garfunkel song from their legendary Bridge over Troubled Water album, from which this latest film from British…
Review: ‘Moonlight’
The cast of Moonlight shines bright in this gripping and powerful tale of identity and self-acceptance. “At some point you gotta decide for yourself who you’re gonna be…can’t let nobody make that decision for you.” These words, although delivered relatively early in the film, permeate the entire narrative of Moonlight. Based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s…
Review: ‘La La Land’
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dance and sing their way through this openly sentimental tale of aspiration, romance and nostalgia. Since its beginning, Hollywood has been for many people a sacred location where dreams come true – the real life equivalent of Citizen Kane’s Rosebud or the jewel-encrusted statuette from John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon….
Review: ‘I, Daniel Blake’
Ken Loach’s latest film regarding Daniel Blake, an unemployed Geordie with a heart of gold, is a humanistic triumph that exposes the devastating failings of the UK benefits system. Ever since his seminal 1966 BBC television drama Cathy Come Home, filmmaker Ken Loach has been a leading figure in the British social-realist film movement, producing…
Review: ‘The Girl on the Train’
Not even Emily Blunt’s best efforts can save this dreary and underwhelming journey to nowhere. From Tate Taylor, director of 2011’s The Help, comes the cinematic adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ 2015 psychological thriller novel, which has sold over eleven million copies to date worldwide. The Girl on the Train is adapted from page to screen…
Review: ‘Finding Dory’
Pixar’s sequel to their much-loved deep sea original asks the question: ‘What would Dory do?’ Thirteen years after the cultural and box office behemoth that was Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studio presents Finding Dory. In recent years, Pixar have not been shy in developing sequels to many of their well adored originals, including Toy Story 3,…
Review: ‘The BFG’
Spielberg’s latest is an enjoyable, yet sadly forgettable film that fails to live up to expectations, despite impressive central performances and stunning digital cinematography. The BFG is the newest film from renowned Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who for over forty years now has delivered some of the greatest summer blockbusters to the silver screen, including Jaws,…
Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’
The crew of the USS Enterprise embark on a dangerous rescue mission in this action packed and hilarious follow-up to the critically polarizing ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’. Star Trek Beyond is the thirteenth and latest instalment in the Star Trek film franchise; and the first since 2009’s reboot not to be directed by J.J. Abrams,…
Review: ‘The Nice Guys’
Fasten your seatbelts, you’re in for a bumpy ride as Crowe and Gosling team up for this 1970s crime thriller dripping with humour, pornography and violence. From Iron Man 3 director Shane Black comes The Nice Guys, a buddy crime comedy that harks back to a bygone era and movies such as the Lethal Weapon…
Review: ‘Money Monster’
George Clooney stars as a financial expert who is forced to take stock of his own advice in this hostage thriller that questions the ethics of both Wall Street and the media. From actor and director Jodie Foster comes Money Monster; a film in which the very ethics of Wall Street are questioned before a…
Review: ‘A Hologram for the King’
Tom Hanks stars in this likeable, albeit lacklustre tale of a displaced American salesman undergoing a midlife crises in Saudi Arabia. Directed by Tom Tykwer, A Hologram for the King reunites the German filmmaker with Tom Hanks after their previous collaboration on the highly ambitious (yet flawed) science-fiction epic Cloud Atlas, co-directed by Tykwer and…
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