Ten years on from its release, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival…Within a span of a decade Denis Villeneuve has gone on to become one of the most respected and sought-after directors in the industry which such efforts as Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, Dune and Dune: Part Two to his name. […]
Movie Review – Paper Tiger (2026)
Paper Tiger, 2026.Written and Directed by James Gray. Starring Miles Teller, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Gavin Goudey, Roman Engel, Cindy Katz, Yavor Vesselinov, Victor Ptak, Dimiter D. Marinov, Raphael Corkhill, Roman Blat, Patrick Murney, Joel Marsh Garland, Michael Alix, Meredith Holzman, Rosslyn Luke, Grisha Reydler, Yelena Solovey, and Vadim Kroll.SYNOPSIS:Two brothers pursue the American Dream […]
Movie Review – Bitter Christmas (2026)
Bitter Christmas, 2026.Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, and Quim Gutiérrez.SYNOPSIS:In 2004, an ad director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend. In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and the people closest to him.Writer/director […]
Movie Review – Prima Facie (2026)
Prima Facie, 2026. Directed by Susanna White Starring Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Ings, Simon Russell Beale, Elizabeth Dulau, and Noma DumezweniSYNOPSIS:Follows Tessa, an ambitious defence lawyer. She expertly represents her clients, including those who are accused of sexual assault. However, she finds out that the law does not provide justice after being raped by a co-worker.Prima Facie […]
The Genius of Sylvester Stallone’s Rousing Rocky Franchise
Sylvester Stallone’s iconic underdog has endured for 50 years and is still punching in cinemas. Is Rocky the most rousing franchise around?50 years ago, Sylvester Stallone announced himself to Hollywood by starring as Rocky Balboa, a local low level boxer who by chance, get’s a shot against the world champion, Apollo Creed. The story of […]
Waterworld – The Movie That Sunk Kevin Costner’s Star Status
Simon Thompson revisits Waterworld, the 1995 movie that sunk Kevin Costner’s star status…Infamous production cycles are something that fascinate me as a film fan, for whatever reason. Be it the huge egos involved, or the insane this couldn’t possibly happen in any other working environment anecdotes. In amongst the sheer absurdity of big productions and […]
Movie Review – Fjord (2026)
Fjord, 2026.Written and Directed by Cristian Mungiu. Starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Lisa Carlehed, Henrikke Lund-Olsen, Vanessa Ceban, Jonathan Ciprian Breazu, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, and Markus Tønseth.SYNOPSIS:An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system.From writer/director Cristian Mungiu, Fjord is […]
Movie Review – Godzilla Minus Zero (2026)
Godzilla Minus Zero, 2026.Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Jun Kunimura, Miou Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Masami Nagasawa, Min Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Munetaka Aoki, and Sae Nagatani.SYNOPSIS:Set in 1949, the Shikishima family confronts a fresh catastrophe two years after surviving their previous ordeal with the legendary monster.Godzilla […]
The Thing, Brazil, and Jennifer’s Body: When Movies Find Their Audience Decades Later
Adam Page on movies that find their audience decades on…Let me tell you about a smell, and see if it brings back memories. Carpet that has absorbed fifteen years of rain off strangers’ coats. Warm plastic. The slight chemical sweetness of a popcorn machine that nobody’s cleaned since the Falklands. A teenage clerk with a […]
10 Unforgettable Amnesiac Movie Protagonists
Casey Chong presents a selection of unforgettable amnesiac movie protagonists…One of the most fascinating ways of depicting a character in a movie is using amnesia as a plot device to explore the dramatic or comedic side of searching for identity, remembering the past, and discovering the truth. From Rufus Sewell’s John Murdoch’s quest to regain […]
