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Glass
Two years ago to the day I was pondering M. Night Shyamalan’s Split; an exciting and original thriller with a tour-de-force, multiple...
Jan 23, 2019
Welcome To Marwen
Well Happy New Year to you all and welcome to 2019 which, as I’m sure you’ve seen as you can’t move for think-pieces on the subject, is...
Jan 12, 2019
Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
It might be six years after the fact but Wreck-It Ralph has finally been granted its thoroughly deserved sequel by Disney. The first film...
Jan 12, 2019
Creed 2
Despite Sylvester Stallone's protestations the Rocky saga keeps on running with Creed 2 not necessarily bringing the curtain down on the...
Jan 12, 2019
The 2018 Films Of The Year
After squabbles, in-fighting and more shuffling than a Vegas casino I present the best films of 2018: 20. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs...
Jan 2, 2019
Aquaman
You may remember Aquaman as the hulkingly charismatic, slightly drunk wildcard of the Justice League pack given nothing to do other than...
Dec 20, 2018
The 2018 Albums Of The Year
Another tumultuous year has seen musicians trying ever more disparate ways to comment on our times or simply distract us from them....
Dec 18, 2018
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
You want another superhero review from this bloated year? Oh, go on then. At least I can refreshingly describe a superhero film as...
Dec 17, 2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
I wrote two years ago that the first Fantastic Beasts would come to be admired at the summation of the franchise for having the...
Nov 28, 2018
The Girl In The Spider's Web
Some franchises are just luckier than others and it’s not often quite clear why that is. Audience interest doesn’t necessarily compare...
Nov 22, 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody is certainly rhapsodic but unfortunately not quite as bohemian as the story and man at its centre. The long-gestated...
Oct 30, 2018
First Man
Damien Chazelle cements his seat at the top table in stone with First Man and proves that he and Ryan Gosling are the movie industry’s current golden ticket. Following on from the wild success of Whiplash and La La Land, Chazelle dips into biopic waters with this unflinching portrait of a famous name without a famous story: Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Portraying the key years of his life throughout the sixties from his early days with NASA up to those fabled ‘o
Oct 18, 2018
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