Laika entertainment has been a forerunner in the animation industry for over a decade now but they have particularly outdone themselves with their newest feature, Kubo and the Two Strings. The film follows Kubo (Art Parkinson) on the run from his god-like grandfather, the Moon King (Ralph Fiennes), while he follows in his father’s footsteps […]
The internet is no stranger to critics who view social media culture as the downfall of society but it is rarely taken seriously to the point of a thought experiment which dares to question what if an aspect of social media was taken to the point of total moral infringement. Nerve follows Vee (Emma Roberts) […]
Being a fan of both the original series and J.J. Abrams’ film series I was originally sceptical of Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond. While sci-fi is no stranger to big blockbuster action sequences and scenery to gawk at it is usually at the base of a deeper point or commentary about our society today. Star Trek […]
Over the past year audiences have watched as Marvel and DC have waged an all-out marketing war to hype up their two mega blockbusters: Captain America: Civil War and Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. Both films are set to make important contributions to the superhero film genre; being the first of their kind to […]
The nature of this film’s release has irritated me for some time, primarily due to the absence of demand for production. There has been no public outcry like over the making of The Force Awakens nor has there been any call for a remake like with The X-Files. It seems to exist simply because it […]
Making The Peanuts Movie must have been like juggling two enormous boulders. On the one hand is the original source material, which by this point has spanned two generations of eager moviegoers and newspaper readers alike, with enough running gags and charm to fill a palace. On the other sits today’s attitudes and audiences; […]
It is almost beyond argument within the world of cinema to say that Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest film makers of the 20th century. Aside from his more renowned masterpieces such as Psycho- an incredible thriller bursting with intrigue and suspense- Hitchcock single-handedly redefined the thriller genre with the most basic necessities needed […]
After being graced by The Wolf of Wall Street and blessed with House of Cards’ ‘Wolf of Washington’ we have now been forced to bear witness to the ‘Wolf of Brit-Pop’ or, as it is more commonly known, Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends. The plot follows Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) another morally ambiguous, overly ambitious, […]