Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Best Film: Comedy/Musical
Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Best Film: Drama
Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Napoleon (15)
Dir: Ridley Scott Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Ben Miles, Rupert Everett, Paul Rhys, Matthew Needham Ridley Scott's historical epic is meandering and uninspired despite some spectacularly bloody battle sequences Having directed a handful of the most iconic movies in the last few decades, Ridley Scott will no doubt go down in cinema... Continue Reading →
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (12A)
Dir: Francis Lawrence Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwarzman, Hunter Shafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Viola Davis The latest instalment in The Hunger Games franchise is an entertaining enough return to Panem despite some rushed character developments and a bloated final act Following on from the release and success of Twilight in 2008,... Continue Reading →
What to Watch in December
2023 is finally coming to a close after a very busy and frantic year for cinema. The SAG-AFTRA strikes have thankfully come to an end allowing all our favourite stars to begin showing their faces on the red carpet once again. December will see the release of the remainder of Academy hopefuls this side of... Continue Reading →
Bottoms (15)
Dir: Emma Seligman Cast: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Dagmara Dominczyk, Marshawn Lynch Emma Seligman's anarchic and outlandish sophomore feature film is sure to go down as one of the great modern high school comedies Marketed as a 'Fight Club meets Mean Girls', 'Bottoms' is... Continue Reading →
When Evil Lurks (15)
Dir: Demián Rugna Cast: Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Saloman, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater, Marcelo Michinaux Demián Rugna's Argentinian horror is shockingly bleak yet highly accomplished as it delivers a visceral take on the possession subgenre Back in 2017, Argentinian filmmaker, Demián Rugna, burst onto the international horror scene with the success of his criminally overlooked film,... Continue Reading →
Nyad (15)
Dir: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Cast: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans Annette Bening and Jodie Foster have undeniable chemistry in this inspirational but safe biographical sports drama Back in 2018, married couple and documentarians, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, rose to prominence thanks to the success of their heart-pounding documentary Free Solo.... Continue Reading →
Killers of the Flower Moon (15)
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser Martin Scorsese's masterfully crafted historical drama could have been his magnum opus but any emotional attachment gradually fizzles out due to the film's unwarranted three-and-a-half hour runtime Ever since I have been following film I have... Continue Reading →
