THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
byIt’s easy to condemn Disney for adapting its animations into live-action, as it seems like a creatively bankrupt endeavour, but the success of 2015’s Cinderella…
Film Review
A collection of articles concerning film review or retrospectives.
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1990)
byWhat stops me joining the cult of Re-Animator is how reductive the franchise is. Stuart Gordon’s original 1985 movie is a schlocky update of a…
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (2016)
byMidnight Special is the kind of film that drip-feeds information rather than dole out exposition. The film starts with two men acting shiftily in a…
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR (2016)
bySnow White and the Huntsman was the kind of film that was perfectly enjoyable in the moment, but you forgot about almost as soon as…
THE SOUND BARRIER (1952)
byAlthough The Sound Barrier manages to excitedly capture the thrill and majesty of flying a plane above the clouds at high speed, the film is…
TANGERINE (2015)
byThe greatest accomplishment of a film like Tangerine is making the audience empathise with the characters on screen, despite telling a story set in a…
DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS (1971) • DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT (1972)
byAlthough both Death Walks on High Heels (1971) and Death Walks at Midnight (1972) fall under the heading of giallo, they differ decisively from what…
BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
byThere was understandable cynicism when Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was announced—born of suspicion it was a cynical way to rekindle interest in a sequel…
EDDIE THE EAGLE (2016)
bySometimes, formulaic films can just be exactly what we need, and Eddie the Eagle is one of those films. While watching it, you’ll be very…
ZOOTROPOLIS (2016)
byEven if you disregard the relatively consistent quality of its Pixar co-productions, Disney itself has been on a hot streak with animated features over the…
THE CLUB / EL CLUB (2015)
byRecently crowned Best Picture at the Oscars, Spotlight detailed the uncovering of the shocking child sex scandal associated with the Catholic Church. While that film…
THE WITCH (2015)
byI wasn’t surprised to learn that The Witch’s writer-director, Robert Eggers, is from New England (his hometown is Lee, New Hampshire, about an hour from where…