Author: Matt Clarson


  • Film Round-Up: 29/06/2015 – 05/06/2015

    Matt runs through this week’s new film releases.

  • Review: True Detective (Season 2, Episode 1)

    With the first season of True Detective being the critically-acclaimed masterpiece that it is, coming to any kind of a conclusion about the start of its second season is difficult at best. So much is the same in this first episode as it was in 2014. It has the same lingering pace that draws you […]

  • Review: Accidental Love

    Jessica Biel and Jake Gyllenhaal starring in a zany comedy by David O. Russell, now what could possibly be bad about that? Pretty much everything, it would appear. With David O. Russell leaving the film halfway through shooting in 2010, it was eventually completed without him, but it really should have just been left unmade. […]

  • Review: Tomorrowland: A World Beyond

    Disney’s latest live-action adventure is sadly not quite up to scratch, says Matt Clarson.

  • Review: Game of Thrones (Series 5, Episode 3)

    Matt Clarson reviews the latest episode of Game of Thrones.

  • Review: Child 44

    Child 44 has heaps of potential, but ultimately winds up a little boring says Matt Clarson.

  • Review: Game of Thrones (Series 5, Episode 2)

    Matt takes a look at the second episode of Game of Thrones, Season 5.

  • Women in the Entertainment Industry: Girls are the New Black

    For the past however many years, television – like every other form of entertainment – has been dominated by men, with the leading characters of the most popular shows being invariably male. The reasons for this are the same as they always are: the industry is led by a majority of male executives and producers […]

  • Review: John Wick

    John Wick is stylish, gritty and fun says Matt Clarson.

  • The Edge Reviews the Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

    When you think of 19th Century novels, what probably comes to mind is a group of stuffy rich people sat around doing nothing in particular; long, dense passages of prose; ladies swooning and fainting over the slightest thing; and everything ending in a predictable, happy marriage. What doesn’t come to mind is: bandits, duals, betrayals, […]

  • Review: Big Hero 6

    Big Hero 6 is a cute, fun take on the superhero genre, says Matt Clarson.

  • Review: House of Cards (Season 3, Episode 1)

    Matt takes a look at today’s release, season 3 of House of Cards.

  • Review: Blackhat

    Blackhat is a solid spy thriller from Michael Mann, says Matt Clarson.

  • Director In Focus: Christopher Nolan

    Matt Clarson looks in detail at the life and work of acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan.