Reviews

Sometimes you see a film that simply exceeds your expectations – and for me, BlacKkKlansman is just such a film. BlacKkKlansman’s director Spike Lee has a respected back catalogue of movies that are hard-edged, controversial and undeniably honest.... Read More...

Representing one of the 20th century’s biggest musical icons on the silver screen was always going to be a major challenge for filmmakers. So, when Bohemian Rhapsody - the biopic of Queen’s frontman Freddie Mercury – was first announced, there was a high expectation for it to fall flat. ... Read More...

Cooper’s revitalisation of this tale has now been told four times in film over the past 80 years. The first version of A Star is Born was made back in 1937 in the golden age of movies. Featuring two of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the time, Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, the original story tells of an ageing alcoholic and the ingénue actress whom he helps launch the career of on the silver screen. ... Read More...

You Were Never Really Here is definitely the one that got away. Despite having received a seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes, together with awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay, the films early release time in the cinematic cycle of 2018 may have worked against it as we crawl ever closer to the awards season.... Read More...

It's the film that's been on everyone's lips since it was first announced by Marvel back in October 2014, and the success of the film's release hasn't done anything to slow it's popularity. Six must be a lucky number for Black Panther because after six weeks it has grossed more than six times its original budget of $200 million worldwide. Currently standing at a worldwide total of $1,237,316,236, Black Panther has domestically outgrossed the previous Marvel heavy-hitter The Avengers (2012), making it the best performing Marvel film ever. ... Read More...