X2
X2 AKA X-Men 2 AKA X-Men United, a title that was fortunately ditched presumably because it sounds like a football team, is the second instalment of the X-Men franchise. Three […]
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Godzilla
The latest reboot of the Godzilla brand stars Bryan Cranston as a scientist obsessed with suspicious seismic activity in Japan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as his US Navy son and Godzilla as himself. Godzilla will […]
The Two Faces of January
The latest Hollywood film with a stupid name is The Two Faces of January, a dramatic thriller about small-time con man Rydal (Oscar Isaac) who finds himself embroiled in the lives […]
Frank
To declare an interest, I once met Jon Ronson, co-writer of Frank, and he showed me a picture of his dog. The film is loosely based on his experience playing […]
Blue Ruin
Last week saw the release of two films about neighbours from hell. Blue Ruin follows the escalating violence between neighbouring families. Meanwhile, Bad Neighbours sees the lives of an unlucky couple completely devastated when Zac […]
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 documentary about the revolutionary Zephyr skateboarding team of California in the mid-1970s, narrated by a stoned Sean Penn. I should say for legal reasons […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Welcome back to our increasingly regular feature of reviewing a film too late to catch it in the cinema, but too early for the DVD or Netflix – the infinitesimally […]
Calvary
Calvary is the new drama from John Michael McDonagh, brother of Martin McDonagh of In Bruges fame, making them the most successful Irish siblings since Jedward. Brendan Gleeson plays a Catholic priest, struggling with the […]
Locke
The man in a vehicle sub-genre has recently given us Robert Redford on a boat and Liam Neeson on a plane, and now Tom Hardy in a car. Locke is set […]
The Past
Welcome back to our occasional feature of reviewing new films frustratingly close to the end of their cinematic run. Today is the turn of French drama Le Passé or The Past. Written and […]
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