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If you’re happy to just exist in the world of the characters then The Devil Wears Prada 2 is going to fit perfectly. If you’d like something “groundbreaking” the film isn’t it. Ironically, it’s more comfy sweats than haute couture.…
Edward Berger’s adaptation of Robert Harris’ Holy See mystery/thriller Conclave is a mature film functioning as a character study of its accidental investigator and the character of the contemporary C…
The sophomore directorial effort from Harry Macqueen proves that sometimes the greatest success a film can have is in its casting of the lead roles. Supernova pairs the veteran actors Colin Firth and…
Transformers: The Last Knight marks the fifth entry into this cacophonic Michael Bay helmed film series. Those who embarked on the journeys of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Sam Witwicky (he of the Witw…
Way back in 2014, Michael Bay released his fourth - and then, due to be last - Transformers film, I wrote this pretty awful review which was blatantly ignorant and really, quite stupid. It was in the…
If one weren’t paying attention, it would appear to be quite easy to simply write off Spotlight as a ho-hum run of the mill film about journalism. Understated performances combined with basic camera w…