Top 5: Best Films of 2023

2023 saw a spark reignite on the big screen, with remarkable cinematic achievements, providing renewed hope for the art of cinema. Here are 5 cinematic delights from this year that you’ll have the pleasure of escaping to. Special Mention: Barbie (2023) Out go the heels and in come the Birkenstocks, Barbie is a fun, pumping…

Barbie (2023) ★★★★☆

“Do you guys ever think about dying?” …the last words you’d expect to hear out of this pretty pink doll’s mouth. But hey, even plastic can have a meltdown. Meet Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s latest directorial debut, based on the iconic Mattel doll that has fascinated and polarized society since 1959. Viewers are whisked to Barbieland…

Suicide Squad (2016) ★★☆☆☆

It’s OK to be a hit-man, as long as you love your daughter.  Directed and written by David Ayer, Suicide Squad marks as the third instalment to DC’s expanded universe. Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), assembles a number of imprisoned villains who are chosen to carry out deadly missions, in return for a lowered prison sentence. The squad consists of…

The Legend of Tarzan (2016) ★☆☆☆☆

A lazy adaptation.  Directed by David Yates, The Legend of Tarzan explores how after living at Greystoke Manor with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie), John Clayton III, aka Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) is enticed back into Africa by a Belgian man named Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). Rom hopes to entice John back to Africa at the request of Chief Mbonga (Djimon…