the secret life of pets

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (2016)

It’s no overstatement to say that Illumination Entertainment owes its success to the Despicable Me films, with its incoherent but popular spin-off Minions also achieving...

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...

MAY 2016: The Best of Film & TV

Summer's just around the corner, but the blockbusters are already here! Below, I've selected some of the most notable films and TV shows debuting in May 2016. If you think there’s anything missing, please mention in the comments below.

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...