Six of the Best: Palme d’Or Winners
The Cannes Film Festival enjoys a long history of both controversy and glamour. It’s the ultimate case of sun, sea and cinema. Its location gives way to the elite and fashionable of European cinema, ...
Category Archives: 2018
The Rachel Divide
Rachel Dolezal made international headlines when, in 2015, it emerged that she was not all that she claimed to be. As the leader of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP, she was prolific in h...
The Hurricane Heist
It is never really a good sign when the promo material for a film so prominently focuses on another product by the same film makers. For me It makes it look like they either have no faith in what the...
Rampage
Rampage is a film that is never going to trouble you. Seriously it’s not something that will make you think too deeply. Naomie Harris is on record as stating that this is a popcorn film. It’s an adve...
Ghost Stories
The writing and directing team of Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson are responsible for bringing us the likes of Derren Brown’s TV shows and the eerie The League of Gentlemen. So, it’s small wonder, then, ...
Avengers: Infinity War
It is easily one of the most eagerly anticipate cinematic “events” of the decade. Marvel has been working towards this endgame since 2008, introducing and re-introducing its plethora of s...
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is being heralded in the press as groundbreaking, taboo shattering and an absolute triumph. The initial trailers did seem promising; a refreshing perspective on the high school experience...
Six of the Best : Paddy Considine
In light of the recent release of Journeyman, and the subsequent high praise it has received critically, it seemed an opportune time to look at some of the other work from the film’s writer, di...
The Meg Trailer
Sick of superhero blockbusters dominating your summer cinema viewing? Would you rather watch Jason Statham punching a really massive shark? Look no further than the first trailer for The Meg … ...
Starcache
For first time writer and directors there is a rule of thumb that states that you should write what you know. To make a personal project work it helps that you have a good understanding of it and a r...