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Film Review: The Colony
Emma Watson has come a long way since starring in the first Harry Potter film at he age of eleven. Whilst she may be fated to be best remembered for her role as Hermione Granger, Watson is beginning to amass an impressive CV. Roles in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and in her latest …
Film Review: The Trust
Nicolas Cage is a very singular actor. Whilst he’s become something of a laughing stock on the internet, largely thanks to a raft of memes and video cuts, it’s easy to forget that Nic is an Oscar winner. Indeed, he does make a lot of bad films, but has the knack of turning it a …
Film Review: Kicking-Off
football fans are a peculiar lot and being rational doesn’t really go hand in hand with supporting a club. The anger, the humiliation, the indignity, the depression; anyone supporting one of the many inconsistently underperforming football clubs knows them well. Losses can be attributed to myriad factors, but it’s often forgetting to wear your lucky …
Film Review: Mojave
William Monahan made his name writing screenplays. His work on Body of Lies and Kingdom of Heaven was widely praised but it’s his treatment for The Departed which made him famous, receiving an Oscar for his troubles. Following a well-trodden path, Monahan moved behind the camera, but his first film, London Boulevard, only received mixed …
DVD Review: Momentum
The history of cinema is littered with films which flopped at the Box Office. Heaven’s Gate and Ishtar are two of the most famous examples but there are numerous films every year which either suffer the same fate or fail to even get a theatrical release. Granted, many of these films are absolute bilge, getting …
Film Review: Dear White People
Authentic Black (Afro-American/Black Minority Ethnic etc) voices are often hard to find in mainstream popular cinema. Events in America over the last year have highlighted that racism has never gone away and the dark shadow of institutionalised racism. Justin Simien sets his début feature, Dear White People, in the privileged halls of a prestigious Ivy …
DVD Review: Generation Iron
Sometimes, from seemingly out of nowhere, a documentary really takes me by surprise. I’m really not a fan of bodybuilding and quite frankly can’t fathom why people would want to do it. Back in 1977 Pumping Iron first shed light on the world of bodybuilding and was the first glimpse the world had of a …