Category: Cinema


  • Film round-up: 18/08/14 – 24/08/14

    Lucy, Alleluia, Deliver Us From Evil, Into The Storm, Wolfcop: which one of these will be your thrill this week?

  • Review: The Expendables 3

    The third outing of the series is a stunted and rather sad-looking low-rent action picture clinging so closely to its roots that it spends more time bordering on parody than it does actually doing anything worthwhile.

  • Review: The Inbetweeners 2

    Anyone who enjoyed the television series or the first film will be laughing throughout this sequel, says our writer Tom Hopkins.

  • Film round-up: 11/08/14 – 17/08/14

    Robin Wright has left Frank Underwood for 122 minutes and stars in The Congress this week. Read our full film round-up and see who else is arriving on the big screen.

  • Review: Blackwood

    This derivative horror film keeps quality on its side thanks to strong leading actors Ed Stoppard and Sophia Myles, writes Barnaby Walter.

  • First Look Review: Mystery Road

    Aaron Pedersen gives a superb performance in this gritty, scorching-hot Australian crime thriller, writes Barnaby Walter.

  • Review: Hide Your Smiling Faces

    Carbone constructs quite an intelligent piece of filmmaking that begins to explore some compelling issues but pulls back just before something quite special manifests, says Lewis Taplin.

  • Review: Guardians of the Galaxy

    A joyously operatic multi-generational sci-fi extravaganza that delivers a fun, fresh and mind-blowingly weird dose of summer mayhem, says Ben Robins.

  • Review: Hercules

    This is a film about one thing and one thing only: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson smashing things and looking cool, says Ben Robins.

  • Review: Earth To Echo

    The film shoots itself in the foot through its allusions to greater films, says Harrison Abbott.

  • Film round-up: 28/07/2014 – 03/08/2014

    This week’s film releases include Marvel’s new feature and Rob Stark’s face back in cinemas.

  • Film round-up: 21/07/2014 – 27/07/2014

    From Hercules to The Purge’s sequel, this week’s film round-up has it.

  • Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★★★

    Reeves takes his time, carefully building the narration layer by layer, giving each character their own specific motivations and emotional back-stories, says Harrison Abbott.

  • Laggies gets trailer – watch

    The comedy-drama stars Keira Knightley and will be released in October this year.