Feature Essays
“It comes from not growing up at all” | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
A corrupt media tycoon (Jonathan Pryce) attempts to start a war to profit from the news coverage. Only two people seem placed to prevent the ...
REVIEW: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
From the slums of Correllia to the criminal underworld of the galaxy, young rogue Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) makes a play for his dreams: to be the best pilot in the galaxy. Drawn into a dangerous heist by the thief Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) and accompanied by new friend Chewbacca (Joonas Suatomo), Han may have ...
REVIEW: My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Ikar is a young boy living with his alcoholic mother. When she threatens him in a drunken rage, he accidentally pushes her down a ladder to her death. When taken to a rural orphanage, Ikar insists that he be called 'Zucchini' - his mother's nickname for him. While living in the orphanage, Zucchini starts to ...
REVIEW: Godzilla (1984)
Thirty years after the giant monster Godzilla terrorised the people of Tokyo, the invincible beast returns. After Godzilla destroys a Soviet nuclear submarine Japan finds itself caught between both Cold War super-powers, as both the USA and the USSR threaten to launch a nuclear strike on Japanese soil to eliminate Godzilla once and for all. ...
REVIEW: Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
In London's prestigious Brompton Academy, new student John Watson (Alan Cox) meets the eccentric but brilliant classmate Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe). When they discover a string of mysterious deaths - including the suicide of Holmes' mentor Rupert Waxflatter - they launch their own investigation. Before long they are neck-deep in chases, sword fights and intrigue ...
REVIEW: Deadpool 2 (2018)
Two years after he first appeared to skewer 20th Century Fox's popular X-Men franchise, the so-called 'merc with a mouth' Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) returns in a surprisingly great sequel. Back in 2016 I was not entirely taken with Deadpool's scattershot and juvenile approach to humour, or it's fairly weak story sense, but Deadpool 2 is an improvement in every regard. ...
REVIEW: Beowulf (1999)
The mysterious warrior Beowulf (Christopher Lambert) arrives at a castle under siege. The surrounding soldiers kill anyone that attempts to leave. Inside, King Hrothgar (Oliver Cotton) leads a diminishing band of fighters against the monster Grendel. After joining the fight Beowulf slowly discovers the truth behind Grendel's origins, and grows closer to Hrothgar's daughter Kyra ...
REVIEW: On Body and Soul (2017)
Endre (Géza Morcsányi) is the chief financial officer of a Hungarian abattoir. He has a disability - his left arm permanently hangs limp by his side. He has a sad, haunted quality. He meets the abattoir's new quality inspector Mária (Alexandra Borbély), a quiet and withdrawn woman with behaviour that places her someplace along the ...
