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Review: All Is True
12th February 2019

A Shakespearian tale lacking in Shakespearian substance

Howl’s Moving Castle
12th February 2019

“This is a movie which demands to be seen on the big screen”

Food and Film: A Banquet of Symbolism
12th February 2019

“Like many other student procrastinators of late, I have found myself falling down the rabbit hole of food-related YouTube, hence coming across the most classic and noteworthy foody film scenes that will leave you simultaneously love-struck, feeling the pressure of the kitchen and, most of all, hungry.”

Is gender equality close to being achieved in Hollywood?
12th February 2019

Emily Wain argues that the inequality surrounding directors needs addressing for the film industry to progress

Review: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
12th February 2019

Looks can be deceiving

Review: Alita: Battle Angel
12th February 2019

Alita: Battle Angel could have been vastly entertaining, but somehow manages to fall short at every hurdle

Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
7th February 2019

Driven by two stupendous Oscar-nominated performances, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a thoroughly entertaining picture with heaps of memorable dialogue.

Crazy Rich Asians is not a victory
7th February 2019

Crazy Rich Asians cements Chinese dominance in multi-racial Singapore, and panders to Westernised conceptions of Asian culture.

Review: Mary Queen of Scots
7th February 2019

You should go and see Mary Queen of Scots quite simply because it’s one of the most beautiful films to grace cinema screens this year.

How To Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World
5th February 2019

How To Train Your Dragon 3 will leave you crying, in a good way

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True Crime Story: The People vs. Film-Makers
4th February 2019

The recent true crime obsession has brought with it significant controversy surrounding the balance between respect for a crime’s victims and their families and film-makers’ rights to tell these stories

Review: Escape Room
2nd February 2019

Escape Room is a confused, poorly written mess of a horror film that’s also glorious to watch for its ridiculousness and bizarre imagination.

Review: Beautiful Boy
31st January 2019

Felix Van Groeningen well and truly changed the teenage drama sub-genre with Beautiful Boy, a film based on the memoirs of Nic and David Sheff.

Déjà-Review: Twilight
31st January 2019

Izzy Sharp re-enters the Twilight zone

Oscar Nominations 2019
31st January 2019

The current controversy surrounding the now hostless Oscars means the spotlight shining on this year’s nominations is even brighter

Review: Vice
31st January 2019

Adrian Kanyoli reviews Adam McKay’s latest satirical biopic Vice

Review: The Mule
31st January 2019

A terrible example of trying to have your own cake and eat it. Balancing an interrogative character piece alongside Clint Eastwood having two threesomes

Review: FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
30th January 2019

Netflix’s recent documentary on FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, directed by Chris Smith, sheds light on this disaster.

Review: Sex Education
30th January 2019

Educational and embracing – two words that describe Netflilx’s 8-episode series, Sex Education, which pleases not only young demographics, but also the LGBT community.

Review: Welcome to Marwen
24th January 2019

Matthew Johnston reviews Welcome To Marwen, which is so poor he wishes he entered his own imaginary world