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: Pet Sematary (2019)
Dr Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two children move from Boston to rural Maine in the hope of finding a quieter, more easy-going lifestyle. When they find a century-old pet cemetary near the back of their property, it seems a creepy but charming oddity. When tragedy strikes - and ...
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 ...
