An 18th-century cartographer becomes lost in a small Ukranian village and stumbles upon a dangerous evil. Background Forbidden Kingdom is the 2014 UK release for a Russian fantasy film entitled Viy. This isn’t to be confused with The Forbidden Kingdom, a martial [...]

After two years of waiting, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally here! Was it worth the wait?...mostly. Background I’m not going to sit here and write a long meandering text about how Star Wars is probably the primary reason I’m a [...]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi falls way below expectation. Clunky storytelling, unfinished sets and a whole heap of unfulfilled potential. With the Star Wars saga in its fortieth year, the story which began in 1977 continues this December with director Rian [...]

Director Denis Villeneuve replicates the essence of Ridley Scott's original in Blade Runner 2049 - a sequel thirty five years in the making. Blade Runner didn't need a sequel. Ridley Scott's interpretation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel, 'Do Androids Dream of [...]

With an all-star cast, sci-fi thriller The Circle foretells the dangers of complete social media transparency through the eyes of Mae Holland, tech-giant employee. Emma Watson leads an all-star cast that includes Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly [...]

A powerful and wealthy business man with a terminal illness finds a way to prolong his life, by taking another in Self/Less. Sir Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) shares the lead as Damian, a New York powerhouse in the business world, diagnosed [...]

Visually stunning, violent and flawed. Ghost In The Shell is a confusion of a film. Ghost in the Shell attracted heavy criticism and accusations of 'whitewashing' long before the film hit cinemas. The filmmakers opted to cast American A-list actress, Scarlett [...]

Based on the popular Manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba, this Netflix Original Film adaptation of Death Note provides a lot of reasons for fans to be disappointed. Primarily, the writers behind this latest adaptation of the story have used a [...]

Swiss Army Man is unique, touching and bat-shit crazy. Few films have a fart-powered jet-ski corpse in the first ten minutes. On the verge of suicide, one man is taught to live again by his new best friend - a dead [...]

Comparisons to The Martian do this 2016 sci-fi thriller no favours, but Approaching the Unknown is a slow journey to Mars. Debuting in June 2016, Approaching the Unknown, perhaps, sought to cash in on the success of the previous year's big screen [...]