A god amongst mortals; the last son of a dying planet; a boy from Smallville; a man from Metropolis; humanity’s saviour in times of its greatest crisis – Superman has held many monikers throughout his existence but one accolade always remains, he is, and will always be, the most iconic and beloved hero of modern […]
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I AM THE LAW Despite being largely absent from mainstream popular culture for over fifteen years the character of Judge Dredd has proved one of the most enduring personalities in the canon of graphic novel to big screen adaptations. Regardless of Sylvester Stallone’s heavy-handed portrayal of the futuristic law bringer often falling into the category […]
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LOOK AT YOU, HACKER… The product of a successful Kickstarter campaign, Joe Kawasaki’s dystopian cyberpunk thriller, Reboot, relays the story of young female hacker, Stat. After awakening from unconsciousness upon her trashed apartment floor with head trauma, no recollection of the previous hours, and an iPhone glued to her hand, the flame haired protagonist is […]
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Alison Klayman’s documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a highly revealing and often deeply moving portrait of China’s premier artist and perhaps most notorious detractor. Despite previously aiding and abetting in curating the communist state’s declarations of influence and power – participating in the design and construction of Beijing’s now iconic ‘bird’s nest’ Olympic stadium […]
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Over a period of three decades Anton Corbijn has repeatedly situated himself amidst the most challenging periods of several artists’ creative existence; not only documenting and immortalising these iconic strands of time via visual medium, but undoubtedly crafting them through his role as creative director to a generation of icons. Corbijn’s intrinsic ability to cultivate […]
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Today, very rarely do truly epic cinematic events rise from ambiguity in such a spectacular manner as Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy. Following The Caped Crusader’s eight year absence from cinemas little was expected from 2005’s Batman Begins in the wake of previously disappointing additions into the beloved franchise. Nolan’s previous filmsultimately hinted at the vast […]
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