only the river flows

Only The River Flows – Review

The 1990s in China was a period of extreme flux. As state-owned businesses and structures began to disintegrate, unemployment and corruption began to seep in. Many eagerly embraced the rise of consum...
Cold

Cold (Kuldi) – Review

“Scandi noir” feels like it’s been around forever. Viewers and readers alike indulge in tales of bitter winters, detectives who are seen as outsiders or unorthodox, grisly murder scenes and thick, co...
The Killer Netflix Michael Fassbender

The Killer – Review

David Fincher’s latest thriller, The Killer, is probably the antithesis of what many have come to anticipate from the “hitman’s revenge” kind of film. It is still; it defies its own mantras about not...
Holy Spider

Holy Spider – Review

There’s something about those five little words, based on a true story, that really draws viewers in. Especially when we feel like we are being given access to a different side of the story. Ali Abba...
Sicario 2: Soldado

Sicario 2 – Soldado: First Trailer

I managed to miss Sicario when it was in the cinema, and had to rely on good old Netflix to get to watch Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 crime thriller. There have been rumours for a while that a seque...
Sleepless

Sleepless

It’s not very often that I struggle to make it to the end of a film. In fact, had I not agreed to review Baran bo Odar’s Sleepless, I probably would have given up after the first twenty minutes. Ther...