The Card Counter

The Card Counter – Review

You could be forgiven – upon viewing the title credits of The Card Counter – for thinking that this was a re-release of a movie from the 1970s. The bright green card table cover that forms the backgr...
Operation Finale

Operation Finale – Trailer

“My job was simple. Save the country I love from being destroyed. Is your job any different?” The chilling words of the architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, echo over the opening s...
Surburbicon

Suburbicon

There is something really disheartening about a film that barely resembles the trailer that was sent to market to grab your attention. But, in the case of George Clooney’s latest directorial effort, ...

Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

This review contains very mild spoilers. From the moment the lights do down and you see those glowing yellow letters, accompanied by John William’s tingling score, I think it’s safe to say that every...
The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer

It’s here! The trailer we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! Star Wars: The Last Jedi has finally given audiences a full length trailer. About time, too, since it’s due in cin...

John’s Ten Worst Films of 2016

2016 held a lot of promise in terms of movies. Trailers for all the big releases showed promise and a fair bit of quality. As we have come to expect this does not always lead to a satisfying finished...

Thomas’s Top 10 of 2015

2015 will forever be known as the year of the reboot/sequel. Not only did these films primarily dominate the box office (including two separate world records being set) the stony hearts of critics we...

New Releases for January

A busy month ahead as the major candidates for the upcoming awards season reach our shores in the likes of Birdman, Whiplash and Foxcatcher. Releases for January are as usual varied in tone and taste...

Inside Llewyn Davis trailer

Getting a release just in time for serious award consideration is the new film from the Coen Brothers.  The film has been around for what seems like an age. It was premiered at Cannes in May and has ...