BLOOD & SPLENDOUR Three words describe the state of Scandinavian cinema today, gritty, uncompromising, and original. Easy Money is the latest in a long line of highly accomplished hardboiled crime thrillers to drag itself out of the depraved depths of Europe’s criminal underbelly. Presented by cinematic crime lord Martin Scorsese and directed by Daniel Espinosa, […]
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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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On the 21st of September 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was published to universal and rapturous fanfare from critics and fantasy loving bookworms alike. Initially adapted from the bedside fairy-tales the author recited to his children, The Hobbit would go on to become one of the most enduring and widely loved works of fiction of […]
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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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