Reviews

Review: La La Land
20th January 2017
Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend LA LA LAND had been tipped to win big […]

Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
14th September 2016
Directed by Travis Knight Starring: Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, Art Parkinson, Rooney Mara Sitting in an empty theatre to see […]

Review: The Neon Demon
6th August 2016
“You know what my mother used to call me? Dangerous!” The world of modelling and photography just got a whole […]

Review: When Marnie Was There
3rd August 2016
Marketed as Studio Ghibli’s ‘last ever’ feature (which we now can assume isn’t true; the co-produced 2016 Cannes premiered THE […]

Focus on: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
30th July 2016
Ben Pinsent takes a look back at the 2013 film release The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and explains why […]

REVIEW: Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) – ‘A feast for the imagination’
16th July 2016
If Rob Marshall’s INTO THE WOODS (2015) has taught us anything then it’s to be careful what you wish for; […]

Review – Captain America: Civil War
8th May 2016
Captain America: Civil War Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson Does a […]

Review: Hail Caesar!
7th March 2016
Hail, Caeser! Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen Starring Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, George Clooney The Coen Brothers are […]

Review: Youth
7th February 2016
Youth Directed by Paulo Sorrentino Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz It’s ironic that in an age where many […]

Review: The Big Short
6th February 2016
The Big Short is one of those awards-season films that no-one knows about before release, and everyone raves about […]

The Ghost and Mrs Muir: The Film that made me a Feminist
15th February 2014
In the first of our series looking back at our writer’s favourite childhood films, Hannah Redfearn-Dunlop takes a look at the very un-DIsney The Ghost of Mrs Muir

Gravity: The Thin Line between Animation and Reality
18th November 2013
There has been an increasingly blurred line between what constitutes animation and what is reality, N Emmett looks at the ongoing debate.
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