Son of Saul Review
HUNGARIAN director Laszlo Nemes brings to UK screens his debut feature Son of Saul, an understandably harrowing Holocaust drama that won both the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar...
Sausage Party Review
SETH Rogen leads an ensemble of actors lending their voices to Sausage Party, an animated comedy certainly not for children that acts as an underwhelming exploration of what would happen if the food that...
Avengers: Age of Ultron and review
THREE years after Marvel Avengers Assemble earned its reputation as a rare impressive modern blockbuster, the superheroes are back together for an inevitable second ride which fails to bring the engagement factor its predecessor...
Spotlight Review
THE Boston Globe’s unearthing of child abuse within the Catholic Church is at the centre of Spotlight, Thomas McCarthy’s true-life journalism drama that earns much interest, even if the end result plays as just...
Gemma Bovery Review
INSPIRED by the novel from Flaubert, Gemma Bovery plays as a comedy with a modest amount of charm but ultimately not enough to entertain throughout in spite of its performances from its lead actors.
The...
Money Monster Review
THE stakes are high as Jodie Foster directs the likes of George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster, a financial thriller that swiftly picks up after a concerning opening to play as a generally...
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...
Steve Jobs Review
DANNY Boyle documents the career of Steve Jobs with an Aaron Sorkin-penned script in a generally interesting eponymous biopic that explores the highs and lows of one of modern history’s iconic innovators.
The film plays...
Star Trek Beyond Review
THE iconic franchise that gave us Kirk and Spock is back with Star Trek: Beyond, which unfortunately ends up as a second consecutive disappointment in a row for the once-promising rebooted series.
As Captain Kirk (Chris...
A Bigger Splash Review
HAVING worked together before on their 2009 drama I Am Love, Tilda Swinton and director Luca Guadagnino reunite with A Bigger Splash, a flashy but entertaining character study with Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and...
