Film Review

Wild Mountain Thyme delivers on its titular promise of a wild time but not in any way one might anticipate. You know you are in for a bumpy ride when the film begins with a voiceover stating "Welcome to Ireland. My name's Tony Reilly…

There is something monumentally Sisyphean about Terry Gilliam’s repeated attempts to adapt Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote. Every time the boulder is rolled up the hill, it inevitably tumbles back down again. Gilliam’s final push to…

In 2015, the directorial debut film of a little-known director called Chloé Zhao premiered at Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at Cannes, where it received a nomination for Caméra d’Or for best debut feature film. Now, as Zhao…

Warner Bros deliver their second shared universe super showdown after Batman Vs Superman with the epic Godzilla Vs Kong. Thankfully in this film the two titans don't put aside their differences when they realise they both know Mothra! …

Starring Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal is the directorial debut feature of The Place Beyond the Pines co-screenwriter Darius Marder. The film focuses on Ruben (Ahmed), a heavy-metal drummer who begins to lose his hearing. When Sound of…

In Shortcut a group of young teens are forced to work together when their bus is terrorised by a vicious creature. We don’t know where they’re going or for what reason, but the 5 young’uns find themselves alone when their bus driver is…

In 1937, the drastically reduced 88th Division of the Chinese Nationalist Army was stationed in a warehouse in Shanghai against Imperial Japanese soldiers. Known as the Defense of Sihang Warehouse, it became a prominent part of the Second…

The Spine Of Night is an animated (and animated) tale of ultra-violence and epic fantasy. Set in a land of magic following heroes from a different eras and cultures battling against a malevolent force. Tzod, a swamp witch climbs a snowy…

The British are coming to SXSW! As Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break tries to win over the judges and audiences alike. A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people…

The second feature film by Norwegian filmmaker Yngvild Sve Flikke, Ninjababy is based on Inga H Sætre's graphic novel Fallteknik. The film stars Kristine Kujath Thorp as Rakel, a 23-year artist who enjoys her carefree life of smoking,…