• Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Callum Mckenna

Big Hero 6

In a world full to the brim with superhero origin films and cute animated romps, Disney’s new offering Big Hero 6 manages to expertly mash them both together into something…

Cult Column

The past couple of years have seen something of a trend emerge in western cinema with films like Transcendence, The Machine, Her and most recently Ex Machina. These are all…

War games?

Callum Mckenna weighs in on all things dystopian and whether film can be a vehicle for social revolution. You can tell a lot about a culture from its taste in…

Just Too Marvellous

Can our desire for superhero movies ever fade? Will audiences get sick of comic book films? Over the last few years, Hollywood has been taken by storm by a group…

Horns

Horns is a film that just can’t quite make its mind up. It possesses elements of horror, mystery and a bit of black comedy, but it never manages to fit…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

If you’re under 40, you probably watched at least some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles growing up. Since 1987, it’s been on the air in some form or another for all…

Cult Column

A t first glance, horror and comedy don’t really seem like two genres that would mesh particularly well. The intention of one is basically just to make you happy, the…

JIM JARMUSCH THE LEGEND

He was known as fiercely independent and aloof from film studios, but Jim Jarmusch is now attracting the A-list