TV Guide: The Code The Complete Series Review

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter STARTED FROM THE OUTBACK… Australian conspiracy thriller, The Code, proves that no longer are the Nordic nations the sole purveyors of all things dark, deadly, and ultimately deeply engaging when it comes to foreign television dramas. Beginning its deceitful narrative upon the barren Australian outback and tracking the trail of […]

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Amazon Instant Video of the Week: Kings of Summer

Words: Emmett Barlow Twitter: @EmmettBarlow FOREVER SUMMER There are films which have a unique quality; the ability to encapsulate the ideals and wants of a generation – offering a visual lexicon which can provide the perfect antidote to the haunts of contemporary trends. For me it was Toy Story, and with every re-watch there is […]

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Rush Review: Road Warriors

WHAT A RUSH Rebels, lunatics, dreamers; the three words Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) chooses to describe himself, and his fellow Formula One drivers, within the opening monologue of Rush. Beginning its true-to-life narrative upon the fateful day of the 1976 German Grand Prix, a race in which Lauda was severely injured and permanently disfigured, the […]

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The Kings of Summer Review: Boyz 2 Men

INTO THE WILD Trapped beneath the roofs of their domineering parents’ homes and longing for the freedom of adulthood, high school buddies, Joe, Patrick and Biaggio, decide to cut out the middle man (in this case, Father Time) and build themselves a makeshift home in the woods – a tangible yet mythical space in which […]

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Populaire Review: Rocky with Typewriters

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter EYE OF THE TYPIST  Starring Belgian actress Déborah François (L’Enfant), alongside Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), Populaire tells the charming and romantic tale of Rose, a young woman from “nowheresville” who under the tutelage of her new boss Louis attempts to become the fastest touch-typist in the […]

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