Review: Kong: Skull Island – Slick and sharp but lacking a larger scale
MONSTERS are real CGI. I don’t really want to talk about Kong: Skull Island. That may lead you to think I didn’t enjoy it or that I think it’s a bad film but neither...
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Review: Logan – A flawed, compelling conclusion
THE TALE of Wolverine has been one of the most enduring narratives provided by Marvel comics in their lengthy history. This is evidenced by the sheer number of comics dedicated to the character and the...
Review: Silence – Catholic guilt, the movie
AS AN ATHEIST who was raised as a practising Catholic, Martin Scorsese’s Silence strikes two very raw nerves with me as a film that examines both the best and worst aspects of religious faith and...
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – A flawed but fun opening for the Potterverse’s new series
J.K. ROWLING, for many in my generation, is pretty much the British writer of the epoch of the mid 90s – mid 00s or, as they’re now often affectionately dubbed, the Blair years [assuming...
Review: Rogue One – A galaxy treads water
PREQUELS, by their very station in an overarching narrative, face a conundrum: They’re moving toward a foregone conclusion. Star Wars knows this better than most franchises, having crafted an entire trilogy of the things...
Review: Doctor Strange-ly forgettable
DOCTOR STRANGE is the latest offering from the factory of slick itself, Marvel Studios. It is the story of Stephen Strange, a high-flying surgeon and general shitty guy, played by Benedict Cumberbatch (who I’ve heard...
Review: Jason Bourne – Diminishing returns for the superspy
I KNOW his name, but I don’t know much about him. Having never seen the preceding entries in the espionage saga, Jason Bourne was something of an unknown entity to me. By the end of...
Review: The Neon Demon – An uncompromising take on the ugliness of beauty
I NEVER thought I’d be able to take The Neon Demon seriously. It’s a film (ostensibly) about fashion in a post-Zoolander world, which helped personify and expose the vapid absurdity of an entire industry. A...
Only in the 70s: Zabriskie Point (1970)
ONLY in the 70s is a feature where we take a look at films that could not have existed in any decade, as true products of their time. This instalment focuses on a film about...
Review: Kubo and the Two Strings – A masterpiece of animation
PLEASE watch Kubo and the Two Strings. If you read only one sentence of this review, please let it be that one. This is one of the most beautifully shot films I’ve seen in a while,...
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