remainder

REMAINDER (2015)

There’s an immediate urge to dive back into the world of Remainder once the screen fades to black. Based on Tom McCarthy’s underdog-debut-novel-turned-literary-phenomenon, this...

warcraft

WARCRAFT (2016)

My interest in video games waned with the Playstation 2, so forgive me for not being au fait with Warcraft; the video games and...

the nice guys

THE NICE GUYS (2016)

Shane Black’s The Nice Guys harks back to the buddy movies of yesteryear, and is sure to remind audiences of his tremendous 2005 directorial...

the assassin

THE ASSASSIN (2015)

The Assassin is noted Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first step into the realm of wuxia and martial arts; although, for the most part, the end-product...

GREEN ROOM (2015)

Green Room doesn’t mess around. Clocking in at a lean 94-minutes, this riveting and claustrophobic thriller doesn’t waste time and shows that writer-director Jeremy...

jane got a gun

JANE GOT A GUN (2016)

The Western is a genre that resolutely refuses to ride off into the sunset. Despite an increasing distance from the era—when America’s west was...

hush 2016

HUSH (2016)

A fleeting glance of Hush while browsing Netflix and you’d be forgiven for having a reflexive urge to keep scrolling. ‘A young woman living...

the jungle book 2016

THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)

It’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...