X-Men: Dark Phoenix
The latest and probably final film in the original Marvel cinematic universe takes place some time after they gave up trying to maintain any kind of continuity in the franchise. […]
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Assassin’s Creed
With hangovers barely cured from New Year’s celebrations, anyone hoping that 2017 will be a better year than 2016 had better ignore the warning signs of this 1 January release. […]
X-Men: Apocalypse
Soon after the events of Days of Future Past (or before?) a super-mutant is resurrected in Egypt. Among his powers are the ability to manipulate matter, the ability to enhance […]
Steve Jobs
From the writer of The Social Network comes the story of a socially inept inventor who founded a giant tech company. Who says Hollywood has no new ideas? Steve Jobs […]
Macbeth
Michael Fassbender plays the titular character – a Scottish Thain with cut-throat ambitions and a murderous instinct. When some strange women prophesise that he will one day be King of Scotland […]
Slow West
Slow West is a Western from newcomer John Maclean, not to be confused with John McClane from Die Hard. Yippee-ki-yay, etc. The story follows a young man named Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee), who travels from Scotland to […]
X-Men Days of Future Past
Beginning in a post apocalyptic world where giant robots hunt down mutants, a handful of our old friends from X-Men 1-3 fight for survival. Old feuds have been set aside […]
X-Men: First Class
I don’t know much about the Cuban missile crisis, and I certainly didn’t realise the extent of Kevin Bacon’s involvement. Obviously I knew he had something to do with it, […]
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 […]
12 Years a Slave
Turner prize winning director Steve McQueen’s third picture deals with the harsh realities of slavery through the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is betrayed and sold into […]
