AI: Artificial Intelligence Turns 20 and is Speilberg’s Darkest Film
Spielberg has never been afraid of the dark. Indeed his films often, unusually, use light as source of terror. Think of the alien presence that...
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‘In the Heights’ Review: The Movie This Summer Needed
The return to cinemas has been fraught and not entirely satisfying. I am someone who absolutely adores the big screen, and can’t help but feel...
‘Final Days (Alone)’ Review: The Covid-Era Zombie Siege
Aiden (Tylor Posey) is trapped in his apartment due to a terrible pandemic. This very relatable concept is made more dramatic with the inclusion of...
‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Review: New Blood or Dead Meat?
The grisly murder of a police officer recalls the heinous crimes of The Jigsaw Killer. Detective Ezekiel Banks (Chris Rock) is tasked with finding the...
‘Army of the Dead’ Review: Has Snyder rediscovered his sense of fun?
In this startlingly original tale a dirty dozen/suicide squad are assembled to infiltrate a walled off American city (think Escape from New York) to retrieve...
‘The Oak Room’ Review: Darkness and Mystery at the End of the World, at the Bottom of a Glass
In a dark and dingy bar in the middle of the Canadian wilderness during a fierce storm, two men are drawn together. The weary old...
‘Mortal Kombat (2021)’ Review: Blood, Guts, but Where’s the Heart?
Centuries after the brutal murder of his ancestor and his family, Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is attacked by the same mysterious assassin (Joe Taslim). He...
‘The Father’ Review: A Devastating But Humane Voyage through Dementia
Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is not well. His health and his mind are beginning to fail him. His daughter Anne (Olivia Coleman) tries to get him...
‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Review: Was it Worth it?
After stepped down from the directors chair of 2017’s Justice League owing to personal tragedy, Zack Snyder returns to offer his definitive vision of the...
BFI Flare 2021 ‘Enfant Terrible’ Review: What is Art Worth?
Following the drama of the short life of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Oliver Masucci). Charting his furious rise from outcast film director to renowned...