Browsing: Film
Review: Penguins of Madagascar
Despite a good cast, some funny quips, and characters who have already proved entertaining in other installments of the Madagascar franchise, this film feels like quick, easy filler for Dreamworks, says Natasha Raymond.
Christmas In One Shot: Catch Me if You Can
Getting closer to Christmas, Harrison Abbott is commenting on the Spielbergian way to put Christmas in one shot.
Union Films: What’s Coming Up This Week (08/12/2014 – 14/12/2014)
This year’s final week of showings at Union Films includes a free screening of Love Actually.
Director in Focus: Tim Burton
With Big Eyes being released at the end of the month, it is the perfect…
Christmas In One Shot: Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone
Camilla Cassidy looks at the first installment of the Harry Potter series and its magical depiction of Christmas.
Review: Eastern Boys
Eastern Boys is a striking piece of cinema, offering a strong and sometimes challenging first hour and a half, which is, unfortunately, brought on clumsy cliché narration grounds for the last 40 mins, says Virginie Robe.
Blu-Ray: Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel have the audacity to make a film about a talking raccoon, a tree creature capable of saying only three words… and it works!
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.
Union Films: What’s Coming Up This Week (02/12/2014 – 07/12/2014)
From the last showing of The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 to Fury, check what’s on at Union Film this week!
Rant: The Lack of Realism in The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story is a 2007 documentary directed by Leslie Iwerks retracing the growing success…
Review: The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game features genuinely moving moments, but time and time again they’re trodden on by melodramatic Hollywood tropes, says Joseph Henderson.
Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Well put-together and with an accomplished and polished look, the film is more than competently constructed, but it is sometimes lacking a certain spark that was so pronounced in Catching Fire, says Harrison Abbott.
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.
Christmas In One Shot: The Polar Express
We’re now a month until the big day. To celebrate, Hollie Geraghty opens the Film section’s Christmas featurette and talks about the Polar Express.