SILENCE (2016)
In the 17th-century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism...
SUFFRAGETTE (2015)
[usr 3] Wonder Woman is a child of the suffragette movement. The symbols we associate with her strength and power belonged to the American...
THE FINEST HOURS (2016)
[usr 3.5] With Brooklyn, Carol, and now The Finest Hours, films set in 1952 are having a bit of a moment. Here, the story...
THE WALK (2015)
[usr 4.0] The Walk is by no means perfect. In fact, it’s all too easy to pull apart, if you so desire. The dialogue...
SPOTLIGHT (2015)
[usr 4.0] Tom McCarthy’s sober, clear-eyed take on the Boston Catholic Church child abuse scandal, and how the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative team uncovered...
JOY (2015)
[usr 2.0] If there were a recipe that could be applied to David O. Russell’s output of the last few years, it would go...
THE DANISH GIRL (2015)
[usr 3.5] Following on from their respective awards successes of late, a team-up between director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory...
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...
EVEREST (2015)
[usr 4.0] When a film’s based on a true story, it often means it’s telling such an incredible story that it’s hard to believe...