Here you’ll find reviews on the latest and greatest movies.
An ordinary middle-class couple, Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and Steve (Michael Fassbender) enjoy the sunshine on a camping trip by a remote lake, but their harmony is soon disrupted by a gang of delinquent teenagers. What begins as a relaxing holiday, drastically shifts into something far more horrifying than Jenny and Steve could have ever imagined. […]
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In early 2002, The Boston Globe brought the issue of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church into the national limelight, with their “Spotlight” team’s continuous coverage of child abuse cases. Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight is based on the journalists’ investigation into the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal. The film depicts the unravelling of the shocking cover-ups and the various victims […]
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The best thing about the sci-fi genre is that there’s an infinite amount of room for creativity. Rian Johnson’s Looper is a science fiction crime thriller, with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, playing older and younger versions of the same character. The film depicts that time travel is invented by 2074 and is used illegally by […]
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt portrays the accomplished high wire artist Philippe Petit, who gained notoriety for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974. This is a masterful film. The Walk makes us feels as though we are following Petite’s every step along the wire, thousands of feet above the ground. The film […]
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A large portion of audiences don’t want to have to think too hard when they watch a film, preferring entertainment over thought-provoking subjects. There’s nothing wrong with this, but I believe sometimes, you need to branch out. Enter Source Code… This is both an enthralling and intellectually stimulating movie! Directed by Duncan Jones, Source Code is about alternate […]
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An investment banker, Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal) loses his wife in tragic circumstances, an experience which leaves Davis unhinged and destructive. He’s unable to grieve and his in-laws, Phil (Chris Cooper) and Margot (Polly Draper), are appalled by his alarming behaviour. Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition is an unusual depiction of the response to grief and trauma, and the […]
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Robert Redford is the sole actor in All Is Lost, a film with very little dialogue, which depicts the ordeal of a man lost at sea. Venturing on a solo cruise, Redford’s character finds himself in a horrendous situation where he is forced to fight for survival. As the only person on screen, he is entirely alone, […]
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Netflix, please stop making Adam Sandler movies and stick to the good stuff like The Fundamentals of Caring! Anyone who appreciates a heartfelt comedy-drama will enjoy this. It’s about a former writer called Ben (Paul Rudd), who gets a job as a caregiver for Trevor (Craig Roberts), a disabled teenager with a twisted sense of humour. Trevor […]
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Jim Carrey ditches the goofy faces and plays it straight in this psychological, romance story. There are very few films I cherish more than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Years on and it’s still one of the best films I’ve seen and in my top five of all time. It imagines a world where removing large […]
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College movies: parties, sex and simplified drama, far removed from real-life. I won’t lie, I love the escapism of teen comedies and the easy laughs they bring. Everybody Wants Some!! is a college movie much more grounded in naturalism. This film is set in 1980s Texas and follows college freshman Jake (Blake Jenner), as he moves into […]
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The subject of bullying is a sensitive area and it’s always an ongoing problem, among people of all ages. Mean Creak, written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes, does not hold back with its depiction of bullying. The film focuses on a group of teenagers and one of them, the young Sam Merrick (Rory Culkin), is […]
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Triangle: how to talk about this movie without giving anything away? Perhaps a good start would be to praise Christopher Smith for coming up with such a unique, mind-boggling story, that demands your attention. This brain-twisting film starts out like any other. Jess (Melissa George), a single mother of an autistic son goes on a […]
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