The MCU’s first female lead is a triumph as Brie Larson stars as Captain Marvel (‘Vers’/ Carol Danvers) in the latest Marvel outing. Teaming up with MCU favourite Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Vers must […]
Review: Us
Editor-in-Chief Robbie Cairns reviews Us, the second film from Jordan Peele which hit cinemas yesterday.
Capernaum Makes Chaos Seem Agonisingly Mundane
Capernaum (“Chaos”, in French) is a big film for 2018/19. Winner of the Cannes Jury prize, and nominated for Best Foreign language film at the 2019 Oscars, it has certainly attracted plaudits. Opening on the […]
Review: Period. End of Sentence.
What is a period? Why do girls and women bleed? What is a pad? Asking these questions may seem meaningless and commonplace to you and I, but for the women and school girls of Katikheda, […]
The Kid Who Would Be King expertly blends the magical with the mundane.
Alexander Elliot’s (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) biggest problems are homework and the school bullies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rihanna Doris). That is until one evening, while running away from the bullies, Alex comes across Excalibur […]
Fighting With My Family punches high above expectations!
Fighting with My Family is a heart-warming comedy based on the incredible true story of Paige aka Raya Knight (Florence Pugh), and her fight to become the next WWE Superstar. Born into a tight knit […]
“Vice” Is A Gripping Drama That Only Occasionally Misses The Mark
America’s current political climate is fuelled by tension, anger and division. This has led to a stream of films and television programmes aiming to depict the action in both comical and critical ways; but what […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” Fails To Shatter Expectations
M. Night Shyamalan’s newest blockbuster ‘Glass’ is a stilted, poorly paced, confusing and anti-climactic third instalment to his superhero franchise Eastrail 177. The franchise includes the intelligent and thoughtful exploration of the comic book superhero […]
Green Book – An Unlikely Friendship Blossoms in the Deep South
Pairing a working class, Italian-American club bouncer from the Bronx, who embodies the ‘masculine’ caricature, with an uptight and effeminate African-American piano player, may not sound like the perfect recipe for a blossoming friendship in […]
Bandersnatch: Playing With Storytelling
Named after Lewis Caroll’s nonsensical beast, Charlie Brooker’s ‘Bandersnatch’ gives the audience control and encourages them to lead a young game designer named Stefan down a macabre rabbit hole of life or death choices and […]