Directed by Niki Caro Review written by Jazmine Deng Okay, I’m going to be honest. When I first watched this film, I was pretty plainly impressed by it, even to the point of getting teary. I thought, “Hey, Disney didn’t do too bad.” However, there are a few things to…

Directed by Charlie Kaufman Review written by Imogen Larcombe This film was incomprehensible. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is Charlie Kaufman’s third endeavour as both writer and director and boy oh boy he should not be allowed to have this much responsibility. Based on Ian Reid’s book of the same name, the…

Directed by Judd Apatow Review written by Owen Selby Although I’d never seen a Judd Apatow film prior to this one, it would be accurate to say my mental association with films like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up is that they belong to the broad comedy genre…

Directed by Armando Ianucci Review written by Owen Selby To be perfectly honest, when I first heard about The Personal History of David Copperfield I thought it was a film about the magician, having never heard of his literary counterpart. But if ever there was a film to inspire me…

Directed by Leigh Whannell On numerous occasions, Universal have tried to launch a ‘Dark Universe’, their answer to the MCU and a reboot of the Universal Classic Monsters, the original shared cinematic universe from the early 20th century. So after neither Dracula Untold nor Tom Cruise’s The Mummy did enough…

There Will Be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, tracks the rise of Daniel Plainview — a ruthless oil prospector at the beginning of the 20th century. Today it is known for the legendary performance of Daniel Day-Lewis, who won his second Oscar for his portrayal of the ruthless oil…

During this recent period of social isolation, with cinemas closing their doors around the world and an endless amount of streaming at our fingertips, many of us used this opportunity to dip into the backlog of films that we’ve been meaning to get to. With no obligation to be anywhere…

Directed by Todd Douglas Miller Way back in 1902, Georges Méliès took some of cinema’s first audiences on A Trip to the Moon. Even since long before then, we have had an obsession with the moon and its mysterious alluring power. …

Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie Adam Sandler has never worked for me. My experiences with his comedies are almost entirely negative (though my memory of seeing Jack and Jill on an outing with some friends back in grade six is tinged with fondness), and he has actively hindered my…