“Old but not obsolete!” And he’s back… Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) is sent back to 1984 in attempt to stop the original T-800 from killing Sarah Connor, though soon discovers that the 1984 he’s expecting no longer exists. This has already been changed by another time traveller. I will start off by saying, the original is a cult…
Just to clarify, to me, a ‘school film’ is not a film that has to be centered around the academic lives of its characters, but instead a film in the school setting and classroom environments. This isn’t my favourite ‘genre’ (if you’d call it that…) of film, but it certainly brings entertainment and comedy. In terms of honourable mentions, School…
Claire and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Are dinosaurs really mammals or simply theme park monsters? As a matter of fact, the answer is both, of course. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World is the fourth and fiercest instalment in the franchise yet. Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now embraces a fully…
Frankly first-rate. Directed by American independent filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson, an aspiring musician, Jon (Domnhall Gleeson), experiences a journey of self-exploration after joining a band led by the eccentric and mysterious Frank (Michael Fassbender), whose face is permanently covered beneath a comically oversized mask. Not only is Frank is a good character study; weird behaviour and out-of-control situations are depicted throughout…
A Bitter-Suite Love Story. Suite Française is a love story between Bussy resident Lucille Angellier (Michelle Williams) and Nazi officer Commander Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts). As the town of Bussy deals with the burden of Nazi occupation, Angellier finds herself coming to empathise with Bruno. As a result, an unlikely romance blossoms, along with all the complications that are to be…
A clever and chilling Sci-fi masterpiece. A young programmer named Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), working at a popular search engine company, BlueBook, is selected in a contest to spend a week with the company’s founder, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). When arriving at Nathan’s isolated estate, Caleb is introduced to the Nathan’s project ‘Ava’ (Alicia Vikander), an artificially intelligent android. It is Caleb’s…
Hidden among all of the good films from last year are also a selection of bad films, some of which I have included in this post. Last year there certainly were a handful of awful films, therefore I couldn’t help myself, and decided to create a list. You may not agree with my list, but that doesn’t matter as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But I…
Absolutely Barking-Mad! Directed by George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth installment to the franchise, though don’t fret – the last one was released in 1985 and take it from someone who hadn’t seen the other three, you will be able to watch this one without viewing its predecessors. When Max (Tom Hardy) encounters a group of women led by…
To put it simply; a cinematic masterpiece. The Duke of Burgundy tells the story of Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna), two ornithologists. Evelyn is the younger of the two women, and we observe as she pleasantly arrives at a mansion in an unspecified country at an indistinct time with exclusive travel by bicycle. Evelyn is immediately put to…
A must see for anyone interested in the justice system. Reginald Rose’s script commences entirely within a jury room. Twelve jurors weigh the fate of an inner-city teen accused of murder. Only Juror Number Eight (Henry Fonda) possesses reasonable doubt, citing unconvincing eyewitness testimony and unreliable evidence. The eleven jurors remaining contrive to convince him, but are soon swayed by Number Eight’s…
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