Pablo Larraín has had a phenomenally successful year, with Jackie getting 3 Oscar nominations, including Natalie Portman for Actress in a Leading Role. Slightly more under the radar, another politically charged biopic, this time in his native language Spanish — an exploration of the Chilean politician and poet known as Pablo Neruda. The film follows […]
With the delivery of The Boss Baby to cinemas, it takes on the age-old challenge of explaining the origins of human babies. Based on the 2010 children’s book by Marla Frazee, audiences are introduced to the Templeton family. Ted (Jimmy Kimmel), Janice (Lisa Kudrow) and their seven-year-old son, Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) who relishes in his idyllic home life and being the beneficiary of all […]
Justice League Directed by Zack Snyder with a script by Chris Terrio, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Henry Cavill, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher as Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Superman, The Flash and Cyborg, respectively. Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater […]
The Lost City of Z, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by David Grann, which in turn is based on the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, is an initially engrossing tale that gradually loses steam before reaching an unremarkable conclusion. At the turn of the 20th century, Percy Fawcett (Charlie […]
Sampling can be defined as the act of taking something from another source and reusing it as something new. A practice that is utilized in the music, art and even in the film industry with varying degrees of success. Life proves to be a less than successful example of sampling of Alien, Gravity, Predator and Frankenstein. The International Space Station […]
Playing at the Stranger Than Fiction section of the Glasgow Film Festival, Check It is a unique little documentary that that plays out like a real-life version of the film Tangerine and Hubert Selby Jr’s cult novel Last Exit to Brooklyn. Check It follows a group of transgender teens and young adults in Washington DC who formed their own gang for […]
Beauty and the Beast is the live action version of the Academy Award-nominated animated feature film, directed by Bill Condon, and starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans. Beauty and the Beast follows Belle (Emma Watson), a bright and beautiful young woman who has been taken prisoner by a hideous beast (Dan Stevens – Downton […]
