Film

Luc Besson has delivered a number of excellent films in his career, always excelling with action-packed romps. The Fifth Element, his 1997 action sci-fi film starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich is still one of my all time favourite sci-fi ...

Perhaps there is something in the air during the month of August. On August 4th, 2011, Mark Duggan was shot dead by London police, becoming the main inciting incident for the riots that began on August 6th. On August 9th, ...

Lauren Bacall taught me how to be sexy. Forget Marilyn Monroe or Bette Davis, Bacall was the only woman to have the perfect balance of beauty, intelligence, and strength of character. I still remember my mother coming home with a ...

I am not a big fan of horror films. They tend to be boring and don’t have a lot to say in any real meaningful way. Having said that, I love science fiction horror films. If you don’t know what ...

It is hard when a film is surrounded by as much hype as Guardians of the Galaxy has been. Marvel’s attempts to big up a very different kind of film in its recent oeuvre is understandable, they wanted the cinema ...

Last week I went ice-skating. I haven’t been for years and I’ve missed it – the skating itself I’ve missed, the rowdy youths not so much. What I noticed while I was there is that the 90s have apparently come ...

One of 2013’s highest grossing films was the animated feature, Frozen. Once people drew breath from singing ‘Let It Go’ at the top of their lungs, they started to talk about why this accolade was important. Frozen’s two main characters ...

Allegory. Simple and effective. Allegory is where science fiction really thrives and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes uses this for all it’s worth. The conspiracies, political intrigue, imminent war, and more – in both the human and ape ...

Food porn. That’s essentially what this film is. The food is stunning. I felt my mouth watering as my imagination took over. I could taste the slow cooked meats, the simple pasta dishes, toasted cheese sandwiches. Thankfully, I’d had a ...

My teenage years were spent with as much angst and awkwardness as the next teenager. And what did I learn from these years? That classic teen movies never go out of style. It’s true. Does anyone honestly not like The ...