STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
[usr 4.0] There’s a moment halfway through Star Wars: The Force Awakens when I realised I was completely on board with the movie. It’s...
LEGEND (1985)
[usrlist “Theatrical Cut:2.5” “Director’s Cut:4.0”] While Ridley Scott’s long, eclectic filmography has its ups and downs, fans and non-fans alike generally agree that he’s...
HEAT (1995)
[usr 5.0] Michael Mann’s Heat is essentially a ‘cops and robbers’ story. But, of course, it’s also a hell of a lot more than...
TRAINWRECK (2015)
[usr 3.0] It’s both a success and failure that the funniest thing about Judd Apatow’s latest film is basketball star LeBron James. I’ve never...
KRAMPUS (2015)
[usr 3.0] It’s impossible to talk about Christmas horror movies without referencing Gremlins, and Krampus knows that. Boasting a similar family-fight-festive-critters premise to Joe...
BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)
[usr 4.0] Bridge of Spies (or Mr. Hanks Goes to East Berlin) is a seriously classy piece of refined, plush cinema that manages to...
THE GOOD DINOSAUR (2015)
[usr 3.0] Pixar’s second film of 2015 couldn’t be more different from its first. Whereas Inside Out was a complex, grown-up fantasy very much from...
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 (2015)
[usr 4] Mockingjay simply isn’t a very long book. It’s worth acknowledging that when pondering why it was a misguided decision to split the final...
STEVE JOBS (2015)
[usr 3.5] Biopics tend to follow a painfully familiar template. Frequently, out of an eagerness to not miss a single detail, films based on...
SPY (2015)
[usr 3.0] When she was a kid, Susan Cooper’s (Melissa McCarthy) mother used to leave a note in her lunchbox each day that read:...
BRAZIL (1985)
[usr 5.0] Bureaucracy on film is a subject that, for obvious reasons, has always been best approached by filmmakers working under authoritarian governments, specifically...
SPECTRE (2015)
[usr 3.5] To follow on from the billion-dollar box office success of 2012’s Skyfall must have been a bit of a daunting task for...