Oscar Preview: Darkest Hour
Director: Joe Wright Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane & Ronald Pickup Runtime: 125 mins It’s interesting that two of the Best Picture nominees…
A Deeper Look At: Black Mirror
Black Mirror is a TV show that sees exciting new technological concepts of today turn into nightmares of tomorrow. The anthology series features isolated stories and visions of the future…
Cinema Calendar: Valentine’s Day
The Sugar Club – True Romance The Sugar Club is showing Tarantino’s 1993 Bonnie-and-Clyde-esque love story True Romance. Have a drink, order some pizza and then settle in to watch…
Oscar Predictions
Award season is well and truly underway. With the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards in every cinephile’s rear view window, the Oscars will soon be upon us. The…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Awards Season Darling or Controversial Mess?
Director: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Caleb Landry Jones & Lucas Hedges Martin McDonagh is known for his rather twisted, dark comedy style of film, as…
Films To Look Forward to in 2018
Black Panther – February There’s a number of films coming down the pipeline to please Marvel fans this year; Avengers: Infinity War, Venom and Deadpool 2 to name but a…
2017 In Review
5) Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon) I will admit that this is somewhat of a sell-out selection but the Disney lover in me could not resist. The…
2017 In Review
This has been a year of triumphs for African American actors and LGBT+ Cinema, of questionable remakes and of controversies from Affleck to Weinstein to Spacey, but from the remnants…
Film In Review: Bladerunner 2049
Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner redefined its genre, and Denis Villeneuve took on a hefty challenge in attempting to create the perfect follow up to such an influential…
How Is Mental Health Portrayed On TV?
Television producers don’t want to commit to characters with mental health disorders. It’s understandable. It’s difficult to structure a story around characters that may not react ‘normally’ to life. How…
Make Way For the King
Stephen King is one of the most prolific writers ever, with more than seventy published works to his name (and a further seven under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). But King’s…
Film in Review: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The comic book Kingsman provided the basis for Vaughn’s 2015 espionage thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service. The Golden Circle sees the return of the blockbuster-esque flick with a cheeky side,…