Tolkien
This follows the famous author (Nicholas Hoult), taking us through his life before Lord of the Rings, covering as much ground as possible without risking copyright infringement, in this unauthorised […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
The Curse of La Llorona
Everyone’s favourite extended universe is back! But enough about Avengers: Endgame, here’s the new instalment in the Conjuring franchise. Producer James Wan has spent the last 6 years making monsters […]
Unicorn Store
Netflix might downplay the role of artificial intelligence in commissioning its content, but knowing that AI played even the slightest part in greenlighting Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store is reason enough […]
Shen Yun at the Hammersmith Apollo
An evening of traditional music, dancers and singers from the Shen Yun school of performing arts. The dancing combines the elegance of ballet with the athleticism of gymnastics, all in […]
Avengers: Endgame
Since Iron Man first massacred those Afghans back in 2008, all manner of phenomena have come and gone: The DC Universe. Star Wars. Brexit. The MCU has survived them all, […]
Hellboy (2019)
Imagine if instead of making The Return of the King, New Line had started a new Lord of the Rings trilogy, featuring Milla Jovovich and a song by Muse. That’s […]
Dracula Untold
There have been many, many big-screen incarnations of Bram Stoker’s blood-sucking bat-man, but precious few of them have tackled his origins. Enter Dracula Untold, which takes us back to when […]
Greta
Chloë Grace Moretz is stalked by Isabelle Huppert in Neil Jordan’s Greta, AKA FatElle Attraction. At his best the Crying Game director is a filmmaker unconstrained by genre trappings, which […]
The Sisters Brothers
The Goss brothers meets the Coen brothers in this Western about bickering siblings (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) chasing another pair of men (Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal) for […]
Missing Link
Hugh Jackman leaves Victorian London to prove the existence of Bigfoot in Missing Link, AKA The Greatest Abominable Snowman. The missing link in this case (apart from the dearth of […]
