When it comes to summer releases, it usually consists of huge blockbusters boasting the latest special effects and massive budgets. However, with so many films seeing a delayed release following the cinema’s closures across the global, we’re starting to see a lot of exciting, experimental films from directors who like to push boundaries. One such… Read More In the Earth (2021)
One of the biggest releases of the year so far is In the Heights. Based on the stage musical of the same name by Lin-Manual Miranda, In the Heights follows the community of Washington Heights, a Latin dominated neighbourhood where everyone has dreams and does everything they can to achieve them. The protagonist of the… Read More In the Heights (2021)
One of the biggest horrors to be released this year is A Quiet Place Part II which has been deemed a precursor to the state of cinema following the reopening of cinemas around the globe. Like its predecessor, A Quiet Place Part II is written and directed by John Krasinski. Following the remaining members of… Read More A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
The latest film by Studio Ghibli is Earwig and the Witch, which has been the subject of controversy among Ghibli fans due to the computer animated style of the film which differs a lot from the signature 2D anime style that the company has become known and lived for. With Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro, taking… Read More Earwig and the Witch (2020)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was one of the most anticipated films that should have been released last year but due to the global pandemic has only been released this year. The third Conjuring film to be released and the eighth instalment of The Conjuring Universe, the film is set in 1981… Read More The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
One of the biggest releases this weekend was Zack Snyder’s zombie blockbuster, Army of the Dead which made it’s way to Netflix on Friday. After his success with his Dawn of the Dead remake in 2004 (the original of which is arguably the best zombie film of all time), it was great to hear that… Read More Army of the Dead (2021)
The latest film in the Saw franchise is not your regular run-off-the-mill sequel. Spiral, otherwise known as Spiral: From the Book of Saw, is the first film in the franchise not to feature Tobin Bell as the iconic killer, Jigsaw, beyond a photograph. Whereas Jigsaw gave people a chance to renew themselves through ways of… Read More Spiral (2021)
Florian Zeller’s directorial feature debut The Father was undoubtedly subject to a lot of critical and commercial praise and emerged as a favourite among many critic’s Best Film lists going into the Oscars. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Anthony, a father who is suffering with dementia, the film follows his deterioration into memory loss and despair… Read More The Father (2020)
One film that has received unanimous praise is Lee Isaac Chung’s beautiful drama, Minari. Starring Steven Yeun as Jacob, the patriarch of the Yi family who have immigrated to America from Korea. Having previously lived in California with wife, Monica (Han Ye-ri), daughter, Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and son, David (Alan Kim), the family moves… Read More Minari (2020)
Another Round has steadily become the favourite to win the Best International Feature Film Award at tonight’s Oscars thanks to its brilliant mix of comedy and drama. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the film follows four uninspired teachers who decide to start an experiment where they retain a certain amount of alcohol in their blood throughout… Read More Another Round (2020)
