FILM: Fantastic Four
Rating: Fantastic Four? More like Fantastic Snore! (I’m sure I won’t be the first or last to use such cheap word play with the title) but unfortunately this remake is a dull attempt to reboot this Marvel comic. The beginning…
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FILM: Rick and The Flash
Rating: HE SAID In Ricki and The Flash, Meryl Streep plays ageing rocker Ricki Rendazzo, a woman who abandoned her husband and three kids years ago to pursue a career as musician. Now in her 60s, Ricki’s dream of making…
FILM: Southpaw
I have no doubt that one day the phenomenally talented Jake Gyllenhaal will win an Oscar however I’ll hedge a bet it won’t be for Antoine Fuqua’s daft, cliche ridden boxing movie. A rehash of a dozen or so better films,…
FILM: INSIDE OUT
Rating: Inside Out is the latest release from Disney Pixar, directed by Pete Doctor, the man who brought us Up, Toy Story and Monsters Inc. Inside Out follows the characters of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust, all of whom…
FILM: The Diary of a Teenage Girl @ East London Film Festival
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a coming of age drama based on the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, which is loosely based on Gloeckner’s own life. We jump right in with Minnie (Bel Powley) as she announces the loss…
FILM: The New Boy @ East London Film Festival
The film begins as a new boy (Rollo Skinner) and his parents move in next door to Dani (Evie Playfoot-Orme) and Louisa (Joanne Gale). The girls soon become obsessed with this boy despite only catching glimpses of his arms through…
FILM: East End Film Festival Opening Night
The East End Film Festival opened earlier this week and just happened to take place at one of my favourite cinemas in London: The Genesis, situated on Mile End Road. The public and press turned out in droves to attend what…
FILM: That Sugar Film
Sugar has been the target of a lot of bad press in the news recently, with many scientists holding sugar accountable to the obesity epidemic both here and in the United States. For the first time it is widely acknowledged…
FILM: Blood Cells
Blood Cells is a British indie film, that fits into the miserabalism genre. It follows the journey of Adam (Barry Ward of Jimmy’s Hall fame) as he journeys back home to be present for the birth of his nephew. Adam’s…
Film Review: Natural Resistance
Jonathan Nossiter’s documentary about winemaking and agriculture in Italy is both informative and inspiring. Nossiter revisits a topic he tackled 10 years ago in a film called Mondovino. Natural Resistance explores the debate surrounding wine classification and whether the process…