(Yes, this is technically about a TV show but it is also about films so sshhh) So, the first trailer for the HBO Harry Potter series has been released. I’ve seen my favourite films get cycled into the unnecessary sequel factory and some repeated into Disney live action remakes (which I don’t put much stock in), but…
Finally arriving in UK cinemas, Splitsville delivers a decidedly off-kilter comedy putting marriage, friendships and monogamy (or lack thereof) under the microscope to messily funny effect. Split by quasi-legal chapter headings, we begin with Carey (Kyle Marvin) and Ashley (Adria Arjona) driving to their friends Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul’s (Michael Angelo Corvino) lakehouse. On the way,…
More than 10 years on since the release of Ridley Scott’s The Martian, comes another space-set Andy Weir adaptation that brings adventure back to our screens with an old-school crowd pleaser with the added comedic flair of directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. We meet Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), as he wakes up from some…
And just like that, it’s over. The interminable 2026 awards season has finally come to a close and with it, the inaner discourse can hopefully disappear from our lives. Last night’s ceremony was less dramatic than some had anticipated and ultimately churned out a worthy crop of winners. It was a great all-round ceremony too…
We’ve finally made it to Oscar night after what has felt like one of the longest awards season in recent memory. It’s also become one of the most exciting as frontrunners have failed to emerge in multiple major categories making it feel like it could truly be anyone’s game. While the length of the season…
Maggie Gyllenhaal follows up her sublime directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, with a wildly original, huge swing of a film. Whilst it is exciting to see such a daring film supported by a big studio, unfortunately the film suffers from too many incoherent ideas that leave it in a mess. Set in Chicago in the…
Every now and then a film so original comes along that you can’t quite believe it got made in this day and age and it is a thrill to even see it made it to your local multiplex. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is one of those films: a wild, zany adventure that is…
In an age of what sometimes feels like a deluge of streaming documentaries about celebrities, Charli XCX has taken a different route, instead offering a mockumentary behind the brat tour that satirises corporate manufacturing, artistic autonomy (or lack thereof) and when the commercial takes over the art, amongst other things. It is an interesting idea…
