Twentieth Century Fox is clinging to their rights over Marvel’s mutant characters for dear life. Another new mutant related project has just been announced. Josh Boone, new Hollywood golden boy behind The Fault in Our Stars, is on board to ...
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Malignant rage and sadistic vengeance are the name of the game in Wild Tales, an Argentinian anthology film by director Damián Szifrón. This is my first exposure to the director’s work and I certainly intend to see more after this ...
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The sequel to Harper Lee’s American classic, Go Set a Watchman, is due out later this year. Along with the sequel, To Kill a Mockingbird and its writer have been regularly in the news since Go Set a Watchman was ...
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The first Avengers film was a true majestic feat. It took the idea of an ensemble cast to new heights. The film didn’t consist of just any ensemble, it was full of massive stars in their own rights, with huge ...
Read More »John Wick: It’s not murder if they had it coming
John Wick was released in the US back in October 2014, with most other territories following shortly after. Despite it’s success and generally positive reviews, those of us in the UK had to wait. The film finally hits UK screens ...
Read More »The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is the latest outing for Studio Ghibli and another feather in their cap. Helmed by co-founder Isao Takahata, this feels very much like a swan song for the elderly creator and like the best ...
Read More »The Breakfast Club: 30 years of the brain, athlete, basket case, princess, and criminal
2015 marks 30 years of John Hughes’ cult classic 80s teen film The Breakfast Club. I remember when I first discovered this film, it was showing on TV at 2am. The TV guide had given it 5 stars, so I ...
Read More »Sony plans full cinematic universe for Ghostbusters franchise
What’s that you say? More Ghostbusters? The question ‘Who you gonna call?’ gets increasingly complicated when multiple reboots of the classic Ghostbusters films are in the works. Is this a launch of a full on Ghostbusters universe in the vein ...
Read More »Love is Strange: When you live with people, you know them better than you care to
Love is Strange tells the story of Ben and George, a gay couple together for nearly forty years, newlywed under New York’s gay marriage legislation. However, the public announcement of their union loses George his job at a Catholic school; ...
Read More »Ex Machina: Does Ava actually like you or is she pretending to like you?
Ex Machina is the latest film by writer-director Alex Garland. It is essentially a three-piece between reclusive social media mogul Nathan (Oscar Isaacs), the A.I. Ava (Alicia Vikander) who he has built, and Caleb, an employee brought in to test ...
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