Film Review

Sequels are a plague, but sometimes you have to do things more than once (eight times, say) before you get them right. Fast & Furious 8, also known as The…

Raise half a cheer for Colossal, a bizarre comedy-drama that’s likely to be hated with a passion by any red-blooded multiplex audience but remains bolder and more interesting than any…

The bank robber is a principled man. “It is a culture’s duty to take care of its elderly,” he proclaims, robbing a bank but refusing to take any money from…

There’s a missed opportunity in The Shack and it comes when God is in the kitchen, fixing dinner and listening to music on Her earphones. “What if God was one…

I wish there were more to explore or reveal about Ghost in the Shell, but in fact even the poetic-sounding title gets explained in the very first scene. Your mind,…

If your brain cells die a little at the thought of a big-screen version of the 90s kids’ TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers then don’t worry, you’re not alone.…

What type of viewer needs to watch The Story of the Green Line? The question should perhaps be rephrased; people don’t watch films because they ‘need to’, and telling them…

In today’s saturated market, truly original films are now a relatively rare occurrence. Most genres have been done to death and there’s an insistence within the industry to focus on…

Is Kong: Skull Island any good? Well, let’s say it’s exactly how you think it’ll be, just a little bit better. You keep waiting for it to collapse under the…

Looks like the rest of the world needs to wait while America sorts out its race issues. Last year there was ‘Oscars So White’, the irrational outcry lambasting the Oscars…