Category: Reviews
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In This Corner of the World Review
Riding a critical wave since its debut at the end of last year, In This Corner of the World tells the story of young Suzu, a precocious and loving teenage girl who dreams of bigger things than the world she inhabits in Japan with her family. A serial artist and dreamer, she longs to escape… Read More >
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The Promise Review
Much like Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, The Promise works as a period epic and falls short as a love story. Read More >
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The Zookeeper’s Wife Review
You would think, given the narrative, that suspense would be a prevalent sensation within this movie, and yet the film comes devoid of any real tension. Read More >
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Mad to be Normal Review
Though an interesting narrative, with a fascinating character at the heart of it, the film struggles to transcend the usual biopic fodder. Read More >
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Viceroy’s House Review
An interesting picture too that should provide a new, alternative argument into the partition debate. Read More >
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Hidden Figures Review
Hidden Figures may well abide frustratingly to convention, as a film that could be described, affectionately, as pure Oscar fodder – but there’s a distinctive charm to this piece. Read More >
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The Founder Review
The angle of this film – that the protagonist is a self-serving opportunist who will walk over whoever he needs to, just to make some quick cash – takes too long to establish. Read More >
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Silence Review
Silence not only inspires us to stand by our personal beliefs, but it also encourages us to not force those beliefs on others. Read More >
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Operation Chromite Review
A film that wants nothing more than to appease an international market, yet seems to be so caught up by this endeavour that it loses sight of the one thing that matters most; the story. Read More >
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The Birth of a Nation – Review
Surging with a brutal, take-no-prisoners vision of a time much darker, yet comparable to today’s spectrum of injustice and loss of life, Nate Parker’s tale of a slave/preacher turned rebel leader navigating the blood-soaked Antebellum South is a searing piece of cinema. It’s aesthetic ranges from ghastly wide shots of murdered slaves hanging from trees,… Read More >
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