I find myself more and more disappointed with the standards of film advertising. If I have to be exposed to minute upon minute of trailers prior to ever feature, they could at least give me a fair idea of what ...

Here’s something of an irony. The Big Short is a film about how a large structure comes crashing down because its constituent parts turn out to be worthless. The Big Short is also a film in which the structure succeeds ...

Spotlight is another of the major awards contenders this year, having won acclamation from critic organisations and festivals around the globe. It is one of the more conventional outings in the already formally conservative Best Picture category, but I am ...

The hotel narrative is quite a staple at this point. Amongst the serene isolation of a hotel spa, a disparate group of characters will come to some existential revelations, with no doubt some quirky antics along the way. There are ...

Jack is five. He has lived his entire life in one room. Seven years ago his mother was abducted and she raises him in this cell where their captor keeps them. The only knowledge Jack has of the outside world ...

I was a big fan of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s previous film Birdman. His lastest outing, The Revenant, has scooped up accolades left, right and centre: indeed, it is predicted to be the big winner at the Oscars. It is a ...

The New Year has commenced so that means the awards buzz begins too. Within the space of a week we’ve seen the nomination announcements for the Oscars and the BAFTAs, and the Golden Globes have been duly dispensed. Let’s dig ...

Here is a light-hearted one to bring in the New Year. My Nazi Legacy is a documentary directed by David Evans in which war crimes lawyer Philippe Sands meets up with Horst von Wächter and Nikolas Frank, both sons of ...

So, we’re practically into 2016. Now is the time for looking back and taking stock – Oh screw it. End of year list article. You know how this works. I managed 40 films this year, here’s the cream of the crop ...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has numerous scenes where characters scale and dart about amid the wreckage of Star Destroyers from the original trilogy. This serves as a good analogy for the film. A group of scavengers are frolicking about ...