The five best lotteries in film
Millions of lottery players put in their tickets hoping that a newly-found fortune will open up the paths that they have always wanted to follow […]
The rising cost of cinemagoing
Cinema tickets are more expensive than they’ve ever been and we all know that the snacks and drinks we buy in cinemas are notoriously overpriced. […]
Feature: Does Rogue One work as a standalone?
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Reportedly earning over $220 million in its first week, Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: […]
Film Review: The Son of Joseph
★★★★☆ The hunt for a father takes many an odd, disconcerting and thoroughly amusing turn in The Son of Joseph, which is as much defined […]
Film Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
★★★★★ Beleaguered prequels aside, there’s something about the Star Wars films that brings out the best in their directors: Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand and J.J. […]
Film Review: Rats
★★★☆☆ Cinema is littered with films that have pitted man against some terrifying beast from the animal kingdom. Genre flicks have seen us hunted by […]
Film Review: The Eagle Huntress
★★★★☆ Through a symbiosis of sound, image and storytelling, a film’s ability to transport a viewer to a time and place far removed from the […]
DVD Review: Swallows and Amazons
★★★★☆ Going back to basics is never a bad thing. The 2016 blockbuster season has been littered with a procession of woefully incoherent, poorly acted, […]
DVD Review: The Man from Laramie
★★★★☆ When director Anthony Mann cast James Stewart, star of cuddly classics It’s A Wonderful Life and Harvey, he saw a darkness underneath his lead’s […]
A beginner’s guide to Brussels’ film festivals
People visit the Brussels area all the time, especially business people, due to its status as a political metropolis with the headquarters of the EU. […]
Six of the great European film shoots
Europe has long been used as the backdrop for some of our best-loved movie classics. Thanks to its rich cultural significance, charming street squares, ornate […]
Film Review: Snowden
★★☆☆☆ It’s hardly a surprise that Oliver Stone would want to make Snowden. He’s always been a filmmaker with a political conscience and his recent […]
Film Review: Life, Animated
★★★★☆ We all love a Disney movie. Many childhoods have been warmed by their glow and generations are defined by what set of Disney characters […]
First Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
★★★★☆ Disney’s well-publicised decision to further expand its newly acquired Star Wars franchise beyond a sequel trilogy with a separate spin-off strand was hardly a […]
Film Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer
★★★☆☆ I Am Not a Serial Killer has a promisingly schlocky title, but Billy O’Brien’s adaptation of Dan Wells’ YA novel (scripted with Christopher Hyde) […]
Film Review: The Birth of a Nation
★★★☆☆ Sometimes there are films that have such a whirlwind of media attention and extraneous commentary that it’s nigh on impossible to discuss them in […]
Film Review: The Ardennes
★★★☆☆ Blood runs deep in The Ardennes. Here we have a fraternal tale of resentment and revenge which shifts gears from brutalist kitchen sink drama […]
DVD Review: Three Wishes for Cinderella
★★★★☆ For all of the great opportunities that film festivals give to explore the cinema of other cultures, it’s always worth remembering that they’re curated […]