The Client
The Client is about an 11-year-old boy from a deprived family who witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer. He in turn becomes a target of the mob as a […]
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Superman
With the world still struggling to come to terms with just how bad Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is, we thought it would be a good idea to look back at […]
Anthropoid
This weekend sees the release of at least two Toby Jones movies. One is a sci-fi film with the decidedly un-sci-fi title Morgan; the other a war film with the […]
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a whistle-stop history of Russia in the first half of the 20th Century. A work camp guard (Alec Guinness) finds a woman he believes to be his niece. To fit jigsaw pieces […]
Café Society
The problem with having a birthday at the beginning of September is that there are never any films out. My only option was Woody Allen‘s Café Society, which failed to […]
Ben-Hur (2016)
This is a CGI-heavy retelling of the classic tale, in which Ben-Hur (first name Judah) takes on the Roman Empire and his estranged brother Messala (first name Chicken Tikka) to try […]
Nerve
Nerve is a teen techno-thriller from the directors of Paranormal Activity 3 and 4, which I didn’t even realise had directors. Based on Jeanne Ryan’s novel, the film revolves around an app […]
Lights Out
In 2013, David F. Sandberg made a terrifying short film (below) with zero scope for expansion. Enter James Wan. Lights Out opens in a mannequin warehouse, for no reason other than it’s […]
David Brent: Life on the Road
A pathetic middle aged man tries to revive his career as an entertainer by dusting off David Brent, the character that first made him famous. Fifteen years on from The […]
The Shallows
The release of new shark movie The Shallows coincides with today’s discovery of 400-year-old sharks, believed to be the world’s oldest vertebrate animals – a bit like when The Martian was released the same […]
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