Moana
Moana (newcomer AuliÊ»i Cravalho) is next in line to be chief on her tribe’s small island. But when food shortages loom she goes against her family’s cautious customs in search […]
Tag Archives: 2016
On iPlayer: Operation Avalanche
Operation Avalanche is the second feature from Matt Johnson, the maverick filmmaker behind Nirvanna the Band the Show. Anyone familiar with that brilliant series will be unsurprised to learn that […]
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
I always assumed that catching bits of Naked Jungle would be the TV memory that scarred me to the day I gratefully died, until I sat through The People v. […]
Captain Fantastic
Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) is an idealistic live-off-the-land type who raises his six children in the wilderness with all the skills they’ll need to survive after the apocalypse. Think Bear […]
Inferno
The Da Vinci Code‘s Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) takes on thrift-shop Thanos (Ben Foster) with an infernal plan to release a virus destroying half the world’s population in order to […]
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
In this documentary, Wener Herzog looks at the internet and its impact, from its humble beginnings (“Lo” is the first electronic message ever sent. It was meant to be “Login” […]
Origin Wars
We were drawn to Origin Wars by its almost comically generic title which seemed to promise either knowing irony or Judge Dredd style campy fun. But neither of these is […]
Misconduct
When corruption allegations surface following a drug trial gone wrong, hotshot lawyer Ben Cahill (Josh Duhamel) files a suit against big pharma CEO Arthur Denning (Anthony Hopkins) contrary to the […]
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Some years after Alice In Wonderland, Alice is a successful sea captain and Tim Burton is no more. After being robbed of her ship and wealth, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns […]
Gods of Egypt
We missed this film when it came out. After causing a serious box office stink across the pond, its time in UK cinemas was severely limited. I’m not even sure […]
