Category Archives: Film Reviews

The Killer (2023) – Sigma Grindset Scuppered

David Fincher over a career spanning four decades has set himself out to be one of the most enigmatic directors working. His films often play directly to the public’s appetite for popcorn thrills while serving them exploitation violence with films that often wriggle under inspection and deny any obvious moral stance. As a filmmaker heContinue reading “The Killer (2023) – Sigma Grindset Scuppered”

Gangs of New York (2002) – The Hands That Built America

In 1977, following the critical and commercial success of his previous three films Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and the Palme d’Or-winning Taxi Driver, a 35-year old Martin Scorsese announced the title of his next project: Gangs of New York, a historical epic about his hometown, New York City and the Five PointsContinue reading “Gangs of New York (2002) – The Hands That Built America”

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023): A big old “meh” of a film

So let’s get this right out of the way: I have never played a single game in the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise in my life whatsoever. The few video games I have played have mostly been first-person shooters, L.A. Noire or borrowing my brother’s Grand Theft Auto 5 just to drive cars like aContinue reading “Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023): A big old “meh” of a film”

The Boy and The Heron (2023) – A Whimsical Meditation on Grief

In the year 2023; the guys had Oppenheimer, the girls had Barbie, and the weebs have The Boy and The Heron. Miyazaki’s return to directing (not including his short films) after a 10 year absence, and his third “final” film (which yet again he has U-turned on with the announcement of a new project). ButContinue reading “The Boy and The Heron (2023) – A Whimsical Meditation on Grief”

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – Monumental Martin Scorcese

The new film by acclaimed American filmmaker Martin Scorcese is in cinemas, rejoice! If the point of a review is to tell if you should spend your £15 to go see a movie it should really end there. The new film by Martin Scorcese is a grown up, three and a half hour epic thatContinue reading “Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – Monumental Martin Scorcese”

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A Conflicted if Sturdy Swansong 

On the 7th of August 2023, as of writing almost two months ago, the great American filmmaker William Friedkin passed away. Traditionally in criticism, films, and works of art more broadly, should stand on their own divorced from context but there are exceptions, and anyone who tells you that their opinion of The Caine MutinyContinue reading “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A Conflicted if Sturdy Swansong “

The Hell is a Barbenheimer? Reviewing Two of 2023’s Hottest Blockbusters

Critics Amos Lamb and David Alkhed take on the films behind the strange internet phenomenon: Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic “Oppenheimer”