Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Review
MARTIN McDonagh may just be one of those directors who gradually improves with each film.
Though his debut feature In Bruges was arguably a misfire, Seven Psychopaths was a compensation of sorts. Three Billboards Outside...
Now You See Me 2 Review
THREE years after the unexpected box-office success of the first film, Now You See Me 2 brings the majority of its fairly likeable characters back but ends up even duller than the underwhelming first effort.
Having eluded justice...
A Monster Calls Review
A YOUNG boy involved in a gruelling family matter finds potential for closure with help from a talking tree in J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, a hybridity of social realism and fantasy that means...
DJI Phantom 2 Vision plus
My first aerial video footage from my DJI Phantom 2 Vision plus. Like I said, it's my first video so please feel free to give me some constructive criticism in comments! However, I do...
Swallows and Amazons Review
ARTHUR Ransome's coming-of-age novel is remade for the 21st century as a trio of established British talent and a bunch of up-and-comers team up for a generally enjoyable version of Swallows and Amazons.
In 1935, the...
Our Little Sister Review
HIROKAZU Koreeda has a deserved reputation for being one of the most reliable directors working in cinema of the Far East thanks to his family dramas, and his latest feature, a lovely work from...
Southpaw Review
JAKE Gyllenhaal transforms into a professional light heavyweight boxing champion in Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw, which despite a solid performance from its lead lets itself down by venturing much too frequently into cliché territory.
Gyllenhaal plays...
MOTHER! Review
THERE are many words that can be used to describe Mother!, the latest work from Pi and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky.
Intense is one. Surreal another. Bonkers even. Or maybe it is best to...
Darkest Hour Review
GARY Oldman has spent over 30 years sealing his position as one of the greatest actors of his generation, if not the best.
With a jaw-dropping diverse range of roles, his latest one will make...
The Shape of Water Review by Richard Chester
FOR the last decade, Guillermo del Toro has focused on superheroes, Japanese robots and murderous siblings respectively.
For his latest project, he turns his attention to 1960s America in The Shape of Water, an adult...
