Feature Essays
Walt Disney and the Dumbo problem
On 12 November 2019, Walt Disney will launch its online streaming service Disney+ in the USA, with other markets scheduled to follow soon afterwards. The ...
REVIEW: Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Two men, their hands tied behind their backs, flee across a beach at dawn. MacConnachie (Robert Shaw), the older of the two men heads inland with murderous intent. Ansell (Malcolm McDowell), nervous and reluctant, trails behind him. In the skies, an anonymous helicopter searches for them. Largely forgotten it seems, Joseph Losey's on-the-run thriller Figures in ...
REVIEW: Fighting with my Family (2019)
Zak and Saraya Knight live in Norwich; part of a family of amateur wrestlers, they dream of one day joining the popular World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) organisation in America. When they finally get the chance to compete for a spot in the WWE's trainee NXT program, Saraya is accepted while Zak is not - putting ...
REVIEW: Toy Story 4 (2019)
Two years have passed since Andy passed over his assortment of childhood toys to a young girl named Bonnie. For most of the toys, life goes on as it always has. For Woody (Tom Hanks), however, Bonnie's loss of interest has led to a miserable life in the bedroom closet. On her first day of ...
REVIEW: The Perfection (2019)
Former cellist Charlotte Willmore (Allison Williams) travels to Shanghai to re-connect with her former tutor Anton Bachoff (Steven Weber). While there she meets and forms an immediate connection with Anton's latest young protégé Lizzie (Logan Browning). When they head on a rural road trip of China, however, Lizzie falls ill with an unknown disease - ...
REVIEW: The Sun’s Burial (1960)
In the post-war slums of Osaka, a disparate community of youthful gang members and hoodlums try to scratch out a living. Takeshi (Isao Sasaki) has just joined a gang, but immediately wants out. Gang leader Shin (Masahiko Tsugawa) refuses to let him escape. Meanwhile the calculating Hanako (Kayoko Honoo) will stop at nothing to get ...
REVIEW: Dirty God (2019)
Jade (Vicky Knight) is a London single mother. A resentful ex-boyfriend threw acid on her face. While months of surgery and skin grafts have saved her life, the deep irreperable scarring has left her deeply traumatised. Neglecting her family and friends, Jade slips into a downward spiral as she struggles to accept her new existence. ...
REVIEW: Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Three young men go swimming at the beach. When they return to their belongings, their clothes have been stolen by Korean refugees. Putting on the clothes left behind, the three men are themselves confused for Korean refugees and go on the run from the police, the Koreans, and a creepy pimp with an eye patch. ...
