AESTHETICALLY, this is a great movie. The CGI looks stunning, the cinematography is spot on and the actors perform well. Unfortunately, it’s the script that lets it down. I’ve always been a fan of...
BATHOS: noun – An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect. Now try disassociating that word from Muse, particularly their last two albums. We’re never quite sure...
GAME of Thrones has deviated from its source material on countless occasions, but the greatest difference of all between the book series and the television series is that the books come out whenever George R....
TO CELEBRATE the legacy of one of cinema’s most enduring icons, the Film section at SCM is undertaking probably its most ambitious project to date, providing fresh – positive and negative – looks at each...
THE MONTH of June is not especially known for a predilection for remakes, but we at Film Torments spit in the face of Hollywood convention – what do they know, anyway? This week, we’re...
Community has certainly been through a wild ride yet maintaining enough popularity to stop it from dying, like a damaged motor trying it’s best to keep driving because everyone demands to see it race...
FOR ALL FREE spirits and wannabe English teachers out there, Florence Welch is a guide. Her prancing, wafting and references to twentieth century female authors regularly attract large crowds to her and her machine’s...
FOR THOSE who refuse to accept the inevitable, The Vaccines are the ‘saviours of Indie Rock’. It must be a real kick in the teeth for those people when the band stated they wanted...
LAST time on Sons of the Silent Age, we looked at one of the all-time pioneering works of true American cinema in Birth of a Nation. This time, we’re sweeping away the cobwebs from...
BEFORE Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, who exactly were Phoenix? After dissolving his punk rock band Darlin’ with the members of what would become Daft Punk, Laurent Brancowitz joined Thomas Mars, Deck d’Arcy and Chris Mazzalai in...
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