I feel that only when every imaginable facet of entertainment has been part of a crossover with everything else, that humankind will finally stop and think of something original. Aliens are a key cor...
The Paranoids is a time capsule. First released in 2008, it has taken ten long years for Director Gabriel Medina’s first feature to reach the UK, but despite its age this independent Argentinia...
Ingrid Goes West is immensely satisfying for me to watch. It cleverly pokes fun at the artificial perfection of many social media personalities through the lens of a complete lunatic. Said lunatic is...
Full disclosure: I’m afraid of the ocean. Quite a lot. Not sharks necessarily (giant squids-imagine one of THOSE coming at you) but more the ocean as a concept. A vast, unknowable emptiness that feel...
Good Time has one of the most concise titles of recent times; it does exactly what it says on the tin. Starring Robert Pattinson (Twilight) and directed by the Safdie brothers, Good Time tells the st...
Bushwick is an interesting little film that, despite being released earlier this year, was actually filmed throughout 2015. I see it as a cross between Birdman and Red Dawn, and whilst it may be seen...
Toni Erdmann did the whole awards circuit last year, coming agonisingly close to scooping the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (narrowly beaten by The Salesman). Director Maren Ade’s blac...
It’s been many years since I’ve read a Captain Underpants book. I loved them as a kid, with its absurd and reliably funny story lines, populated with likeable characters, providing me with an incenti...
Rules Don’t Apply comes to us from Warren Beatty, having been both written and directed by the veteran actor. Set between the late 1950’s and early 60’s, the film tells us the story of Frank Forbes (...
The Student is a little film that tackles some of the heaviest and far-reaching issues that we currently face as a society. Via the medium of religious fundamentalism, we see what the consequences ar...