Eddy Gardiner on star ratings… Star ratings have a habit of ruling film criticism. Bus posters and billboards particularly love their eye-catching nature, and indeed it makes sense to advertise with such a clear visual aid in areas where people will only grab a quick glance at the poster in question. Even if there’s a small […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Trace Decay’
Eddy Gardiner reviews the eighth episode of Westworld season one… “Out of repetition comes variation”. This was a line delivered by Bernard in last week’s episode, but it seems to be taking on more and more meaning with each passing minute in Westworld. The hosts have been repeating themselves day after day, year after year, for our […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Adversary’
Eddy Gardiner reviews the sixth episode of Westworld…. As Westworld enters the second half of its increasingly excellent debut season, it looks like things are finally beginning to stir up a little faster in one of the more revealing episodes so far. Not that the show has been dull up to now, of course – it’s been quietly […]
We Don’t Need A Female Bond – We Need A Female 00 Agent
Eddy Gardiner doesn’t want to see a female Bond, but he does want to see a female-led 00 movie… Nope, I’m not trying to be controversial here. I just want to present an idea that I think could actually work pretty well. In a recent interview with GQ, the excellent Michael Fassbender ended up discussing his potential […]
Stranger Things Season 1 Episode 1 Review – The Vanishing Of Will Byers
Is Netflix’s new original worth your time? The pilot promises really good things… It seems like barely a week goes by without Netflix releasing a new original series. If there’s one main reason the streaming service is criticised for increasingly poor movie content, it’s just that: it’s too busy focusing on acquiring and making TV. […]
Terminator 2 at 25: Revisiting Cinema’s Greatest Sequel
Edward Gardiner revisits Terminator 2: Judgment Day on its 25th anniversary… *Spoilers for the Terminator franchise There was a time, if you remember, when James Cameron wasn’t weirdly obsessed with those funny blue aliens over on Pandora. Back in the early ’90s, when Tarantino was paving his way into Hollywood and Spielberg was bringing dinosaurs back to life, Cameron […]
Ranking Pixar: From Worst to Best
Edward Gardiner ranks Pixar’s movies from worst to best… Studio Ghibli runs them close, and even Dreamworks can come out with some crackers, but it’s hard to argue that Pixar isn’t the world’s greatest animation studio. From their inception with Toy Story in 1995 to last year’s The Good Dinosaur, here’s a run-down of the good and the bad, […]
It’s Okay To Prefer A Remake, Really
Edward Gardiner on why it’s okay to prefer remakes… If it’s not a sequel, it’s a remake. Always a hot topic in film discussion, the phenomenon of film remakes is something many of us still can’t entirely wrap our heads around. It’s been going on for decades, to varying degrees of quality, but only in recent […]
The Jump Scare: A Defence
Edward Gardiner with a defence of the jump scare… “The Conjuring is a horror movie for people who don’t like horror movies.” I like Mark Kermode. He’s one of the most respected film critics working today because of a fantastic (and rare) combination of insight, humour and honesty, and a genuine love for film, which has propelled him […]
Second Opinion – The Witch (2016)
The Witch, 2016. Written and Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. There can, unfortunately, be degree of snootiness when it comes to horror films. People […]
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