Feature Essays
The Best Films of 2018
2018 was a pretty great year for feature films. I remember saying the same thing about 2017, and it's true: it really seems to me ...
REVIEW: The Predator (2018)
US army sniper Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) witnesses an alien spacecraft crash-land while in the field in South America. After sending an alien set of armour back home, he is promptly captured and interrogated by a secret government agency before breaking free with a team of fellow military prisoners and getting caught in a race ...
REVIEW: L’Animale (2018)
Mati (Sophie Stockinger) is a sullen 17 year-old reaching the end of high school. She spends her time away from school either assisting in her mother's veterinary surgery, or hanging around with a group of rebellious boys on motorcycles. One of the boys, Sebi (Jack Hofer), has romantic aspirations. Mati's eyes, however, are on Carla ...
REVIEW: The Night Eats the World (2018)
Sam (Anders Danielsen Lee) is an Parisian independent musician. He goes to his ex-girlfriend's house to collect a box of cassette tapes, only to find she is holding a party. Harassed by her new lover and struggles to find the box he came for, he falls asleep in a study armchair. When he wakes it ...
REVIEW: Rafiki (2018)
Kena (Samantha Mugatsia), a Kenyan teenager, works at her father's corner store while waiting for her high school test results. Her father is running for local government, against a slick, corporate incumbent. When Kena meets the vibrant and aggressive girl Ziki (Sheila Munyiva), their immediate friendship turns to romance - one with the potential ...
REVIEW: Long Dream (2000)
A young man is admitted into psychiatric care. He claims that he is having 'long dreams'. He goes to sleep, and in the space of a few hours experiences six months in his dream world. Soon he is dreaming for a year, then ten years. How far will his 'long dreams' go, and what will ...
REVIEW: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Rich socialite Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) spends her time travelling the world, breaking into ancient ruins and temples and stealing the valuable artifacts and relics within. When a mysterious hidden clock in Croft Manor starts ticking again - and ticking backwards, she finds herself in competition with the villainous Manfred Powell (Iain Glen) and fellow ...
REVIEW: The Darkest Minds (2018)
A mysterious virus sweeps across the USA, killing 98 per cent of the children who contract it and gifting the survivors with psychic powers. When some of these powers turn dangerous, the government starts capturing children and teenagers and confining them to camps and categorising them into colours. Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) is an 'orange', ...
