25th July 2017 From Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th of July, Bristol sees the return of the standout film event of last summer, Cinema Rediscovered. Hosted in Bristol’s prestigious The Watershed cinema/cultural centre, Cinema Rediscovered is a film festival… Continue Reading
8th July 2017 Baby Driver, the 5th theatrical film by beloved British fanboy-filmmaker Edgar Wright of The Cornetto Trilogy and Scott Pilgrim fame, is a charming though at times slightly bland film, in which many of its theoretically unique quirks… Continue Reading
7th June 2017 Wonder Woman, the newest instalment in the divisive DC Cinematic Universe, is a well meaning yet shallow and fairly underwhelming adventure plagued by some major issues. Telling the origin story of Diana Prince, daughter of Queen Hippolyta… Continue Reading
4th May 2017 Their Finest manages to be the definition of the word fine. Performances, dialogue, story, direction, editing – it’s all fine. But only just fine. It’s okay: distinctly average in its presentation and execution. The film’s enjoyable yet… Continue Reading
9th April 2017 Free Fire is a welcome return to form for Brighton-based filmmaker Ben Wheatley following last year’s somewhat divisive High Rise. Yet while marking a seeming return to form in terms of quality of filmmaking, Free Fire proves… Continue Reading
12th March 2017 I can’t really think of the words to begin a review for Moonlight. That’s not some hyperbolic fevered attempt to get you to go see it, more of an admission of defeat on my part when it… Continue Reading
2nd March 2017 Fences is very much a straight adaptation of the play of the same name and when I say straight adaptation I mean it’s genuinely like watching a well-shot recording of a live performance. Star and director Denzel… Continue Reading
23rd February 2017 I’m going to say right off the bat (no pun intend- whatever man, you get the joke) that I didn’t actually like the original Lego Movie (2014) that much when it first premiered. Its use of pop-culture… Continue Reading