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Film Review | Does Crime Pay in Irish Drama Cardboard Gangsters?
Cardboard Gangsters is a film that says nothing new but says it very loudly and, at times, with such conviction and style that it's almost compelling. An opening prologue, which features a group of children playing amongst derelict…
Film Review | Can Wonder Woman Revive the DC Extended Universe?
Watching Wonder Woman I could sense the trepidation of everyone at the screening evaporating. It was, I think, when we realised that DC had made a movie that we were actually enjoying. There is colour on screen; actual, honest colour. Even…
Film Feature | Just Why Did King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Flop So Bad?
There's been an unusual amount of digital ink spilled trying to figure out why Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword performed just as badly as it did. The fantasy epic made 14 million on opening weekend Stateside against a budget…
Shrek the Third 10 Years On | It’s Ogre… It’s Finally Ogre
A lot of well regarded, lasting films were released 10 years ago. No Country for Old Men, Zodiac, The Assassination of Jesse James, There Will Be Blood, Superbad, Persepolis and many others all celebrate their decade anniversary this year.…
Film Review | Why Can’t I Remember Watching Sleepless?
I'm already forgetting this film. Sleepless tells the story of a heist gone wrong in such a rote way that it feels like it's daring me to remember any of it. Sitting down to write a review of this, just over 24 hours after watching it, I…
Film Review | Park Chan Wook’s The Handmaidenis Simultaneously Restrained, Sexy and Totally…
No matter the continent or time period one should never get involved in psychosexual mind games with posh people. It'll only lead to some kind of exquisite grief. Anyone familiar with Park Chan Wook's work will know that his films are a…
Film Review | CHIPS may be a Contender for the Worst Movie of 2017
There was a point while watching CHIPS when I realised that I was actively hoping that both the leads might die in a motorcycle accident. That was at about the twenty five minute mark. There was over an hour to go. CHIPS, the latest 70's…
Film Review | Is Kong: Skull Island a Monster Hit or another Cynical Reboot?
It's interesting that much of the promotional material for Kong: Skull Island deliberately evokes Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Don't put too much stock in this. This isn't a re-imagining of the King Kong story as a Heart of Darkness style…
Film Review | The Lego Batman Movie is a Wonderful, Energetic Superhero Parody
The Lego Movie, proved that you could base a movie on a toy line without it feeling like a soulless, empty cash in. It was a lovely shock. Now capitalism demands a follow up. As much as we all liked the 2014 effort the thought of a Lego…
A Love Letter to Feminism | A Film Review of 20th Century Women
20th Century Women is a film about there being no consensus. Single Mom Dorothea (Annette Benning) is running a boarding house in 1979 Santa Barbara. She invites the women in her life to help raise her son Jamie to 'be a man'. The invitees…