ANNIHILATION (2018)
byA biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply.
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STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017)
byRey develops her abilities with the tutelage of Luke Skywalker, who’s unsettled by the strength of her connection to the Force. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order…
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016)
byBefore the mayhem truly begins in X-Men: Apocalypse, a group of mutants leave a cinema showing Return of the Jedi and Sophie Turner’s Jean…
Seven’s Heaven: The Best Coen Brothers’ Films
byWant to start an argument fast? Just ask the people nearest you to pick their favourite Coen Brothers movie. It’s a subject nobody agrees…
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
byThere’s a moment halfway through Star Wars: The Force Awakens when I realised I was completely on board with the movie. It’s the wordless…
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Five & Six
byIt may have taken its title from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quote “Show me a hero and I’ll show you a tragedy” but as David…
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Four
byThe wheels finally came off Nick Wasicsko’s (Oscar Isaac) mayorship this week, as the oleaginous Henry Spallone (Alfred Molina) promised the white residents of…
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Three
byThings got ever more sticky for our increasingly beleaguered hero this week as Nick (Oscar Isaac) found himself desperately trying to save Yonkers from…
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Two
byThings got ever more problematic for poor Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac) this week, as he received bullets in the post, faced down furious citizens,…
SHOW ME A HERO – Part One
byHello, and welcome to David Simon’s (The Wire) newest show: a six-part HBO miniseries set in Yonkers during the 1980s, which is also the best thing…
EX MACHINA (2015)
byThe helicopter blades whirling over greenery in the opening of Alex Garland’s Ex Machina are eerily, deliberately reminiscent of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. The parallels…