Wonder Woman - Review
Short of the Week - Domestic Policy
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Why A Field in England is Ben Wheatley's Best Film
Jack Blackwell
Best Films Never Made #35: Oliver Stone's Return of the Apes
Welcome to Argentina: New Argentine Cinema
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Missing Link – Review
The world of animation has been going through some major evolution in recent years, with films like The LEGO Movie and its spin-offs or Into the Spider-Verse pushing the boundaries of what the medium can look...
The Front Runner – Review
This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. It's a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the...
The Front Runner – LFF 2018 Review
It's a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the current climate. The Front Runner is no exception; in positioning itself as something of a quasi-origin...
The Greatest Showman – Review
In true Barnum spirit, director Michael Gracey's dazzling musical The Greatest Showman embraces his subject's famous proclivity for massaging the truth. The man who once paraded elderly ex-slave Joice Heth...
The Prestige Is More Than Just Two Great Twists
Rory Steabler
The title of The Greatest Showman, out this week, refers to the 19th-century circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, though it could just as well refer to the movie's star. Hugh Jackman has proved again and again...
Your Week In Film: Democrats, Dunham, Dennison and Deadpool
Stephen O'Nion
1. Maybe Power Rangers would have worked as a PG Power Rangers flopped. It wasn't a complete surprise, but considering the kitsch factor and the potential for global appeal, it was still a little bit of a...
Your Week In Film: Ridley, Robbie, Racing Cars and more!
1. Ridley Scott has another Alien in him, not like John Hurt did If we asked who's excited for the new Alien film, we're sure we'd get a positive response. If we asked who's pumped for six more...
Why Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Is The Best There Is At What He Does
Let's face it: the world was a much warmer, cosier place back in 2000 when 20th Century Fox's rebooted X-Men franchise first hit our screens. Gladiator was about to become one of the most beloved films of...
Logan – Berlinale 2017 Review
Christopher Preston
"Right or wrong, it's a brand," Alan Ladd's Shane philosophises in the western which bears his name. "A brand sticks. There's no going back." The line has been included in Logan, the widely...
Was X-Men: The Last Stand Really That Bad?
Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance
The conclusion to a second X-Men franchise is upon us. 2011's X-Men: First Class sent us back to the swinging sixties with Charles Xavier and his groovy mutations and now it comes to a head in X-Men:...
Eddie the Eagle – Review
Conor Morgan
Whilst Eddie the Eagle may use every cliche in the book, and takes some major poetic licence for narrative's sake (the requirement of a qualifying distance, Hugh Jackman's entire character... ), Taron...
Chappie – Review
Bertie Archer
From the brief setup and first exhilarating droid deployment (complete with bot's-eye view camerawork), Chappie appears to fulfill the premise's potential to be this director's masterwork. Watch with...
Second Chance: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Why is X-Men Origins: Wolverine considered the bastard child of the blockbusting X-Men? Although it is far from the best X-Men film available, there is nothing to suggest that Origins needs relegating from...
Second Chance: Van Helsing
Roger Ebert was right. In amongst the resounding cacophony of negative noise, one man stood strong against the tide engulfing Stephen Sommers' 2004 film. He simply states at the end of his review, 'Van...