The Lobster Review
GREEK director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers his English-language debut with The Lobster, an enjoyable yet surreal work that makes the case that he is capable of making good films after all.
In what could be perceived...
The Girl with All the Gifts Review
GEMMA Arterton, Paddy Considine and Glenn Close take on the undead in the adaptation of the novel The Girl with All the Gifts, an entertaining yet often chilling tale of survival in a post-apocalyptic...
Ant-man trailer and Review
A NEW superhero is launched for the Marvel cinematic universe within the form of Paul Rudd in Ant-Man, an unexpectedly entertaining actioner that represents an improvement on the previous Marvel feature, Avengers: Age of...
Victoria Review
A TECHNICAL wonder is the main point for Victoria, an initially slow but gradually interesting crime drama set on the streets of Berlin clocking in at two-and-a-quarter hours and filmed in literally one continuous...
A Walk in the Woods Review
ROBERT Redford is an example of a Hollywood legend, always enjoyable to watch, irrespective of whether the film he is in turns out to be good or not.
Here, in his latest film, he teams...
The Danish Girl Review
THE talented Eddie Redmayne shows that delivering a challenging portrayal of a real-life figure as with Stephen Hawking was not going to be a one-off, as he reunites with Les Miserables director Tom Hooper...
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...
Happy End Review
THERE is no denying that Michael Haneke is one of the most original directors working in cinema today.
Funny Games in 1997 and The Piano Teacher in 2001 showcased his reputation for delivering genuinely provocative...
The Martian Review
RIDLEY Scott returns to the realms of science-fiction with The Martian, a very mild improvement on previous works but nonetheless, an ultimately disappointing work that once again cements Scott as an unwelcome filmmaker in...
Summertime Review
THE story of a romance between a farmer's daughter and a feminist in 1970s Paris forms the basis for Summertime, an engaging French morality drama from the director of the equally-impressive Leaving, Catherine Corsini.
In 1971 during the...
