Film Review: Ratchet & Clank
★★☆☆☆ Some 16 years ago, action-packed third-person videogame Ratchet & Clank blasted into the hearts and minds of many when it was released for...
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23 April 2020
Film Review: Astronaut
★★★☆☆ Richard Dreyfuss stars in Astronaut, Shelagh McLeod feature film debut, in which she also doubles up as screenwriter. It’s a low-key affair that...
2 July 2019
Edinburgh 2019: Synonyms review
★★★★☆ Golden Bear-winning cultural assimilation drama Synonyms is expertly handled by its director Nadav Lapid. That of relocating, whether it be by city, country...
2 July 2019
Film Review: Mrs Lowry & Son
★★☆☆☆ Five years after portraying J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s award-winning biographical drama Mr Turner, Timothy Spall takes on the role of another English...
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Film Review: Kung Fu Panda 3
★★★★☆ Kung Fu Panda 3, the last part in DreamWorks Animation’s trilogy (unless another is announced once box office receipts are tallied), puts an...
Film Review: Allegiant
★★☆☆☆ The penultimate instalment in the big screen adaptations of Veronica Roth’s bestselling YA novels, The Divergent Series: Allegiant is as dull as films...
Glasgow 2016: Zootropolis review
★★★★☆ The latest feature from Disney Animations Studios, whose recent revitalisation has brought us such hits as Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen, Zootropolis (or Zootopia...
Glasgow 2016: Labyrinth of Lies review
★★★☆☆ Labyrinth of Lies – Germany’s official Academy Award submission – takes place in the late 1950s, around ten years after the end of...
Glasgow 2016: Hail, Caesar to open festival
Days after it was revealed that Hail, Caesar! and Anomalisa would act as bookends, opening and closing respectively, the full programme for this year’s...
Film Review: Sleeping with Other People
★☆☆☆☆ American playwright turned writer-director Leslye Headland received a fair amount of critical praise for her debut feature Bachelorette (2012), which saw a trio...
Film Review: ‘Chemsex’
★★★★☆ In many ways, drugs can benefit lives – even save them – but they also have a dark side, which is the focus...
