REVIEWS

Until shows like ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Fallout’, decent video game adaptations were almost non-existent. For whatever reason, they proved an elusive nut to crack. From the bizarre ‘Super Mario Bros.’ surreally starring Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper, to Steven E. de Souza’s ridiculously camp ‘Street Fighter’ and what feels like about fifty unbelievably trashy Uwe Boll-helmed efforts, there are so many bad examples to draw on, it almost feels like its own genre.   ‘Return to Si

Some films are good, many are bad and a few downright ugly. However, even the worst can be redeemed by a strong performance. ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ is pretty lousy, yet Alan Rickman’s delightfully camp Sheriff of Nottingham makes it worthwhile. Morgan Freeman very nearly saves ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ from the trash heap of cinema history, while Gene Hackman elevated countless films- from ‘Superman IV: The Quest for Peace’ to ‘Loose Cannons’- showing that while

In 2025, Danny Boyle resurrected the ‘28 Days Later’ franchise with ‘28 Years Later’, a bold addition that split audiences straight down the middle. Plenty of viewers embraced its ambition and found it a gripping, atmospheric return to the Rage-infected world, but others were far less convinced. For some, the film’s bleak mood felt oppressive, its runtime indulgent and its somewhat restrained approach to gore a disappointing departure from the series’ feral energy. Almost exa

Film noir has always thrived on shadow- moral, psychological and literal. Born from post-war disillusionment, it evokes rain-slicked streets and smoke-filled rooms, where cynical detectives navigate worlds already rotting from within. Though closely tied to mid-20 th -century Hollywood, noir was never confined to American cities alone. In Europe, as well as in Soviet and Eastern Bloc cinema, it surfaced in fractured, disguised forms. In the Soviet Union, where film was meant

Although they seem ubiquitous nowadays, film remakes and reboots are really nothing new. In fact, they go as far back as 1896, when Georges Méliès remade Louis Lumière's 43 second short ‘Partie de Cartes’ as the comparatively expansive 67 second ‘Une Partie de Cartes.’ In the decades since, Hollywood has churned out countless remakes- a few inspired, many mediocre and plenty that never should’ve slithered onto screens in the first place.  While something of a commercial succe

Park Chan-wook is widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers working today. A versatile multi-talent, he has dabbled in a variety of genres, while leaving his own unmistakable authorial stamp on each. From the operatic revenge of ‘Oldboy’ and the rest of the so-called Vengeance Trilogy, to the melancholic machinations of ‘Decision to Leave’, and even the off-kilter eroticism of ‘Thirst,’ his films are united by an enduring fascination with obsession, violence and moral r

By 1977, Stephen King was rapidly becoming a household name, with the best sellers ‘Carrie’, ‘Salem’s Lot’ and ‘The Shining’ making him...

In 2022, Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Top Gun Maverick’ took the world by storm. A sequel to Tony Scott’s 1986 classic, the Tom Cruise starrer took...

In 2002, Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Days Later’ stormed into cinemas like a blood-soaked bolt of lightning, electrifying a genre that had begun to...

The ever-versatile Nicolas Cage remains one of cinema’s most unpredictable delights. For some, his grounded turns in films like ‘Pig’ and...

Few genres are as seductive or as enduringly popular as the gangster movie. Since the earliest days of cinema- with 1906’s ‘The Black...

They say there’s nothing new under the sun. This is especially pertinent to cinema, where originality is often hard to come by....

Matthew Holness might not be a household name, but in certain circles he’s a cult hero. The actor, writer, director- and occasional...

According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database over 600,000 people go missing in the United States of America every...

The partnership of Ringo Lam and Chow Yun-fat has resulted in some brilliant films. Their first collaboration, ‘City on Fire,’ helped...

John Grant is a schoolteacher in a remote town deep in the Australian outback. It's the Christmas holidays, and he plans to go to Sydney...

It is 1975, and George Manning is a happily married man living in San Francisco. On his 40th birthday, a family emergency necessitates...

It is 1962 and Loretta McLaughlin is a journalist at the Boston Record American. After three elderly women are found raped and murdered,...

Ben is a charming, witty go-getter fond of architecture, poetry and murder. A brutal serial killer, Ben is followed by a film crew who...

On the first anniversary of his wife's death, wealthy film producer Clinton Greene hosts a week-long get-together aboard his yacht, the...