Godspeed You! English Child: The Poison Drips Through in 28 Years Later

Godspeed You! English Child: The Poison Drips Through in 28 Years Later

Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell Running Time: 115 minutes There are few more defining images of popular cinema in the new millennium than that of Cillian Murphy’s Jim, freshly out of a month-long coma, wandering the vacant streets of a London ravaged by disaster as the…

Marvel’s Misfits find their Mojo in Thunderbolts*

Marvel’s Misfits find their Mojo in Thunderbolts*

Director: Jake Scheier Starring: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Running Time: 126 minutes Marvel’s latest team-up, Thunderbolts*, directed by Jake Scheier, is a bold and refreshing entry in the MCU. Departing from the typical superhero formula, the film assembles a team of anti-heroes- Yelena Belova (Florence…

The Accountant 2: 2 Math 2 Furious

The Accountant 2: 2 Math 2 Furious

Director: Gavin O’Connor Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Daniela Pineda, Robert Morgan Running Time: 124 minutes We have already seen a fair share of sequels produced for the movies of 2016. M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological horror Split was followed by Glass in 2019. Fantastic Beasts and Deadpool both launched financially successful…

Drinking 9 Pints of Blood: Casting The First Stone in ‘Sinners’

Drinking 9 Pints of Blood: Casting The First Stone in ‘Sinners’

Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Michael B. Jordans, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wummi Mosaku, Li Jun Li, Miles Caton Running Time: 137 minutes After a decade and change of the blockbuster film landscape being almost entirely lead by 30+ year old franchise Intellectual Property still reigning in its dozenth iteration, I began to wonder…

Dissolve into the world of Flow

Dissolve into the world of Flow

Director: Gints Zilbalodis Starring: Menagerie Running Time: 85 minutes With its stunning landscapes, thoughtful sound design and memorable characters it’s unsurprising that Flow has become the most viewed film in Latvian cinema history.  Flow tells its story almost as a collection of vignettes, we follow a cat as he meanders through his life in a forest punctuated with statues…

Opus: A Magic Trick Disguised as a Movie, Blink and You’ll Miss It

Opus: A Magic Trick Disguised as a Movie, Blink and You’ll Miss It

Director: Mark Anthony Green Starring: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Amber Midthunder, Murray Bartlett Running Time: 104 minutes  The latest cinematic offering from A24, Opus, teeters between horror, satire and a bizarre love letter to the most eccentric corners of celebrity culture. It stars Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, Bottoms) as Ariel Ecton, a journalist…