Category: Reviews
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Blood Father – Review
When presenting a film as something of a classic actioner, you need a classic action antihero, and Gibson fits the role perfectly in Blood Father. Read More >
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The Girl on the Train – Review
Tate Taylor takes on the unenviable task of adapting a bestselling novel, by bringing Paula Hawkins immensely popular The Girl on the Train to the silver screen – and he’s done so in an accomplished, if somewhat underwhelming fashion. Already changing the film’s location from London to New York, the lead role of Rachel Wilson… Read More >
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Imperium – Review
Arguably Daniel Radcliffe’s best post-Potter performance, proving his worth as a dramatic actor and ensuring that he’s a force to be reckoned with. Read More >
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The Girl With All the Gifts – Review
The performances from Close, Arterton and Considine ensure this film transcends the tropes of the genre its placed within, to make for a strikingly relatable affair. Read More >
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Deepwater Horizon – Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
Big, noisy Hollywood disaster films have a tendency to drone on with CGI heavy montages of destruction, inaudible dialogue and a narrative we’ve seen a hundred times before. Even more so if you already know the outcome of the story. However, it’s possible for a film to hit a nerve with a harrowing display of… Read More >
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Nocturnal Animals – Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
Fashion icon Tom Ford follows up his superb debut film A Single Man with the equally sublime drama, Nocturnal Animals — packed with the same keen attention to detail, beautiful colours and chilling, yet delicate storytelling. Ford’s second turn in Hollywood is a picture supported by its ultra talented A-List cast. Amy Adams stars as… Read More >
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Blair Witch – Review
Blair Witch is an extremely accomplished piece of cinema – it’s terrifying in parts and carries an engaging narrative too, it just doesn’t leave enough to the imagination. Read More >
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Anthropoid – Review
With Anthropoid, Ellis hasn’t compromised on his own artistry, as it’s a distinctly resourceful, accomplished and well-crafted production. Read More >
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax – Review
Not for the first time, director Alexandre Aja has presented a film indelible in tone and atmosphere with The 9th Life of Louis Drax, but one that struggles to engage or compel in a way that it really should. Read More >
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