White God Review
One of the best performances of 2015 comes from Luke and Bodie - mixed breed dog brothers - playing Hagen in Kornél Mundruczó’s White God. Owned by Lili (Zsófia Psotta), Hagen finds himself on the str…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review
The first thing to keep in mind about The Force Awakens is that, just like Creed, it wants to remind you of the joy and wonder that you felt when you watched the very first Star Wars film. The same th…
Five Things You Learn as a Vet Nurse.
A year ago I left my career as a vet nurse behind and moved on. Whilst we mostly cover film and television here, I feel it's worthwhile sharing this post where I talk about five things I learned i…
Youth Review
Trying to find fitting words to describe a film like Youth is like trying to find the perfect line of dialogue to fill a person's final words. It's hard, it most likely won't be right, but…
The Hunting Ground Review
One of the better horror films to come out this year is Kirby Dick’s documentary The Hunting Ground. Whilst the majority of the film is not played for horror, there is simply no denying the fact that…
Creed Review
2015 will most likely go down as the year of the successful reboot. Jurassic World is (at time of writing) the biggest film of the year, Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the years biggest and best action…
Mistress America Review
Indie film ingénue Greta Gerwig once again teams up with indie film director (and current husband) Noah Baumbach in Mistress America. Gerwig stars as Brooke, the soon-to-be sister-in-law of Lola Kirke…
By the Sea Review
I’m not usually one to bring up a films opening line as a guide to that particular films quality, however, the opening line to Angelina Jolie-Pitt’s By the Sea is a corker. And I don’t use the word co…
Burnt Review
There is a discussion in John Wells film Burnt where Bradley Cooper’s Adam Jones and Sienna Miller’s Helene meet in a Burger King to discuss working together. Jones offers Helene a bite of his burger,…
Bridge of Spies Review
When reviewing a new Steven Spielberg film, you come to it with decades of classics and masterpieces in your mind. Unlike other filmmakers, Spielberg films come with a certain level of expectation tha…
A Nightmare on Elm Street Review
I was aware of the terror that is Freddy Kruger long before I ever saw a A Nightmare on Elm Street film. In 1991 or 1992 - I can't recall the exact year - my family went to the Brisbane Royal Show…
The Visit Review
For a while now M. Night Shyamalan has been considered a relative joke of a director. After Earth and Avatar: The Last Airbender were expensive failures. The Happening is one of the best worst films out there. Yet, something happened with Shyamalan adding 'producer' to his foray with the watchable D…