Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a cheery sequel, but not much else says Ben Robins.
Author Ben Robins
Ben Robins
Former Film Editor, Film graduate and general supporter of all things moving-picture related. Accidentally obsessed with Taylor Swift. Long-time Ellen Page fanboy.
Total articles: 150Blu-Ray Review: The Babadook
The Babadook is a genuinely terrifying Aussie-born creature feature, says Ben Robins
Director In Focus: James Gunn
Ben Robins talks about director James Gunn, and gives a basic guide to the director’s work.
Review: Jupiter Ascending
Despite being fuelled by a grand scope and purely creative aims, Jupiter Ascending stumbles onto screens both flabby and shamefully bland, says Ben Robins.
Review: Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a hypnotic, stylish and remarkably funny adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s wildly provocative novel, says Ben Robins.
Lost In The Atlantic: Five Films We May Never See In The UK
Which Hollywood production never made truly it to the UK? Ben Robins takes a look at these films whose release unfortunately went pretty much unnoticed.
Review: Taken 3
There are almost not enough words in the entire English language to describe how terribly made Taken 3 quite is, and precisely none at all that could work to praise it, says Ben Robins.
Review: Annie
“Ear-plugs are an absolute must,” read Ben Robins’ review of Annie, Will Geluck’s abysmal holiday remake.
‘We’ve had reactions from Stephen, Jane, and the children: they all felt that the world we created was very familiar’: An Interview with James Marsh & Anthony McCarten
Ben Robins talked to director James Marsh and script writer Antony McCarten about their next release The Theory of Everything, which follows Stephen Hawking’s life.
First Look Review: The Theory of Everything
Ben Robins gives his first thoughts about James Marsh’s much anticipated The Theory of Everything.
Review: Men, Women & Children
It’s clear that Reitman is gunning for some sort of grand pervasive message about the status of human communication and feeling but ultimately he gives himself no room to clearly express it, says Ben Robins.
Christmas In One Shot: Mean Girls
For the second instalment of the featurette, Ben Robins looks at Mean Girls and how the innocence of Christmas and youth are both tarnished by a rising culture of self-objectification.
Review: Get On Up
Well and truly sunk by a clearly muddled style, and then raised exponentially by a world-beating lead performance, Get On Up stands as one of the most divided films of the year, says Ben Robins.
‘A guy robbed a butchers right in front of us’: An Interview with Brad Moore
Ben Robins had the chance to catch up Brad about his career to date and his role in the exciting new “urban action” film Montana.