Film Review: ‘Bullet to the Head’
★★☆☆☆ This year has already seen the return of one 1980s action star to big screens, with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand (2012) hitting...
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1 October 2019
Film Review: The Last Tree
★★★★☆ British filmmaker Shola Amoo loses none of the authenticity in transitioning from documentary to narrative cinema with The Last Tree, an assured and...
27 September 2019
Interview: Shola Amoo and Sam Adewunmi, The Last Tree
British filmmaker Shola Amoo returns to screens this week with his sophomore effort The Last Tree. The coming-of-age tale tells the story of Femi, a Nigerian boy fostered in Lincolnshire who struggles to reconnect with his culture after he moves in with his biological mother.
16 September 2014
DVD Review: ‘Sabotage’
★★☆☆☆ The last two films in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback tour have provided schlocky but enjoyable titillation, with The Last Stand edging out Escape Plan...
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Film Review: ‘Midnight’s Children’
★★☆☆☆ Much like Ang Lee’s Life of Pi (2012), Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children (2012) is another Booker prize-winning novel that has been dubbed unfilmable....
Film Review: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2’
★★★☆☆ Five years and four bestselling books later, it seems we’ve finally come to the end of the multi-million dollar grossing, teen vamp Twilight...
DVD Review: ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’
★★★☆☆ Setting a narrative during the final days of civilisation is a premise which has been utilised on countless occasions in films. However, instead...
Film Review: ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’
★★★☆☆ After being well-received in the US earlier this year, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012) finally gets its UK release this week. Not...
Film Review: ‘Pusher’ (2012)
★★★☆☆ Drugs and gangster films are becoming more and more commonplace in British cinema. The latest is Pusher (2012) – Luis Prieto’s British remake...
Film Review: ‘Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007’
★★★★☆ James Bond is all the rage at the moment; the highly anticipated Skyfall (2012) hits UK cinemas later this month, whilst the Bond...
Interview: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, ‘Untouchable’
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano have been writing and directing films with each other since 1995. Their latest collaboration, French Oscar hopeful Untouchable (2011),...
