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There is sensitive subject matter and then there is sensitive subject matter. Son of Saul depicts the Holocaust. The plot follows Saul Auslӓnder, a Hungarian Jew and Sonderkommando – a death camp prisoner put to work in the camp. The ...

This film had arguably the easiest act to follow after the utter crap-pile that was Batman vs Superman. Critics and fans alike were crying out for a better superhero film to wash away the bad aftertaste. And, thankfully, Civil War ...

The musician biopic has sadly become a staid and generic entity. Since Walk the Line, the format has been refined to a soulless template, mapping out predictable plot points to be applied tritely at well-edited points in the musician’s life. ...

I love a good Western. The best Westerns have simple premises and tend to stay focused on one single plot line, something Jane Got a Gun sets up before spectacularly discarding in favour of a meandering, flavourless, tension-less narrative. With ...

Here we have a new version of The Jungle Book: part of an initiative from the House of Mouse to bring new renditions of their classic films to younger audiences. With the sad retirement of their traditional animation studio, Disney ...

With the Blu-Ray of The Force Awakens coming out in the US this week, Disney is keen to capitalise on Star Wars being on everyone’s mind. Today, the studio has published the first trailer for the stand-alone film being released in December. ...

Victoria is the latest European indie film to have critics raving. It has the added bonus of an intriguing – aka gimmicky – production: the entire film takes place in one shot. If nothing else, you have to admire an ...

Here’s an oddity. It is a semi-sequel to a popular independent kaiju found-footage film that started out life completely separate from the property to which it has later become attached. Frankly, you do not need to have seen Cloverfield to ...

This film had been through hell and back before it was even released. Trailers were released and the resounding opinion was ‘Booo! You suck!’ DC’s decision to have Zack Snyder helm the film after the disaster that was Man of ...

What an opulent life the future holds. The first tower of a new high rise complex in London offers state of the art elevators, in-built gym, pool and squash facilities, and includes a supermarket stocked with the biggest brands and ...