Archive Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Director Gavin Rothery’s debut feature, Archive, imagines a future where robots have become vessels for advanced artificial intelligence. The technology is so sophisticated that it is even possible…
‘See you, space cowboy…’
-is what appears when credits roll at the end of a Cowboy Bebop episode. In a line, it encapsulates the essence of the Space Western. With a wink, a wave,…
The Invisible Man
Content Warning: domestic abuse, gaslighting. The Invisible Man: a true psychological thriller. With twists and turns abundant, the film is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat…
Jo Martin: The First Black Doctor
Jo Martin has broken boundaries as she was revealed to be the first black actor to take on the time travellers’ role in Doctor Who. As she delivered the line,…
Cult Column: Donnie Darko
I have watched Donnie Darko twice, a few months apart. The first time I saw the theatrical release. The second, I saw the director’s cut, which contained a plot dimension…
Cult Column: Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer is not the first Bong Joon-ho film I watched; it’s not even the second. It’s a film I watched blind on Netflix in the middle of my Chris Evans…
Havergey review: John Burnside’s loveably weird utopia
Welcome to Havergey: a remote island on Scotland’s west coast where a ‘real community’ has been built, far from the smoking rubble of what The Machine People left behind. John…
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon is a neo-noir detective story with a futuristic sci-fi backdrop. Cross genre projects such as this can be tricky to pull off, but while Altered Carbon is not…