What Jordan Peele has created with his debut film is a product of genius; it’s a film that feels like a career-defining piece, yet has all the blindingly fresh quality of a first time effort. It is not just a genuinely creepy horror laced with social commentary; it is an impeccably balanced horror-comedy that moulds […]
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Against the Oscars
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you are probably aware that 28th February 2016 marks the 88th Academy Awards also known as the Oscars. Yes, it is that time again. Time for celebrities to walk down the red carpet in clothes that are eye-wateringly overpriced, for those involved […]
Review: The Big Short
Nobody likes bankers. Nobody likes bankers, but most of us don’t really understand why. Look at your most basic broadcast journalist vox pop experiment, and you’ll be bombarded with murmurs of bonuses, bail-outs, and fraud. They’re little more than buzz words, really. For the vast majority of the public, both here and across the Atlantic, the financial […]
Review: The Revenant
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 6th film is a far more gut-wrenching affair than his previously Oscar-winner Birdman. An epic adventure set in 1823, the plot centres on the embellished true story of fur trapper Hugh Glass – mauled by a bear and left for dead by his comrades, he claws his way through the frostbitten Montana […]