An overall unpleasant Bond experience The fourth Bond film starring Daniel Craig- Spectre has recently landed, and with it came a series of widely separated critical claims. Directed by Sam Mendes who also helmed the astonishing Skyfall of the series,…
A tale of tasteful brutality and perplexing romance. Those that are familiar with Guillermo del Toro’s work will inevitably know him as a master of fantasy, monsters and production design. Most notably he directed the Oscar-winning-feature Pan’s Labyrinth, an extraordinary…
An inappropriately fast paced feast of outlandish extravagance and underwhelming emotions as well as characters. Over the years Joe Wright has proven himself to be a capable director with the likes of Anna Karenina, Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, as…
The Wolfpack Dir.Crystal Moselle/ U.S/ Documentary/ 2015/ 80 mins This documentary intimately immerses us in the life of the Angulo family; a family conformed by a Peruvian dad, an American mum and 7 siblings. They all live in Manhattan, and…
A visually stunning feature offering a well-rounded telling of the facts, yet with underdeveloped characters that aren’t quite memorable. From the director of 2 Guns, Baltasar Kormákur brings you a closer look of the 1996 Mount Everest expedition led by Rob Hall…
All flash but no dash, a 60s mission impossible film without the impossible mission. Both based on a 60s spy television series of the same name, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission Impossible bears an undeniable resemblance, it even fails…
Acclaimed British director Richard Loncraine’s latest film offers a saccharine view of New York real estate through the eyes of a long-married couple. 5 Flights Up joins elderly couple, Alex and Ruth Carver, as they contemplate selling the fifth-floor Brooklyn flat they…
Late American filmmaker Albert Maysles honours the wit and influence of 93-year-old New York fashion icon Iris Apfel When an exhibition of New York style icon Iris Apfel’s collection of costume jewellery and couture fashion was exhibited at the Metropolitan…
It’s unusual for a sequel to be better than the original, but even more so is for a fifth instalment to be the best in the franchise. Tom Cruise, battling international threats since 1996 has now, at the age of…
The oldest of them all, Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings trilogy) portrays a 93 year old Sherlock Holmes; retired from the world of deduction, the aged detective now lives in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and her young…