I Saw the TV Glow is a surreal coming-of-age drama, that serves as the second film by Jane Schoenbrun and the second part of their Screen Trilogy. Owen (Ian Foreman/Justice Smith) is a lonely and awkward seventh grader who meets Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), a ninth-grade girl who enjoys the young adult show The Pink Opaque. […]
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Pitch Time: His Dark Materials Film Trilogy
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is one of my favourite book series and as a wannabe filmmaker, adapting the trilogy would be one of my dream projects. So, I will propose how I would envision His Dark Materials as a film trilogy. Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass in America) was originally published in […]
Alien: Romulus Review
The Alien franchise has had a long history of ups and downs across many forms of media. Alien: Romulus is the first movie in the franchise to be made after Disney’s takeover of 20th Century Fox. Rain (Cailee Spaeny) is a miner on the Weyland-Yutani colony of Jackson. When her contract is forcibly extended Rain […]
It Ends With Us Review
It Ends with Us is a romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover. This film looks at the turbulent nature of romance. Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) is a woman who plans to fulfil her dream and open a flower shop in Boston. She also gets to meet Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni), a […]
Trap Review
M. Night Shyamalan is a filmmaker with drive and determination, even if the results are mixed. His 16th film as a director sees Shyamalan make a tight thriller where a serial killer is stuck in a concert. Cooper Adams (Josh Hartnett) is a seemingly nice, mild-mannered suburban dad who takes his daughter, Riley (Ariel Donoghue), […]
Borderlands Review
Audiences are in a golden age of video game adaptations with The Super Mario Bros Movie pleasing fans, whilst The Last of Us and Fallout were critical hits on TV. Borderlands shows that video game adaptations are still tricky beasts to tame. Pandora is a planet with a legendary vault that was created by an […]
Kneecap Review
Kneecap is a biographical film about the Irish hip-hop group of the same name. This film stars the group as it looks at their rise as a group and their importance during the campaign to make Irish an official language in Northern Ireland. Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and Naoise Ó Cairealláin have been best friends since […]
Harold and the Purple Crayon Review
The film adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon acts as a sequel to Crocket Johnson’s popular children’s book of the same time. This live-action film sees Harold and his friends enter into the real world. Since he was a child, Harold (Zachery Levi) has lived in an animated fantasy world with a magic purple […]
Deadpool & Wolverine Review
It has been six years since Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool appeared on the big screen and seven years for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. They finally team up with Deadpool & Wolverine and become a part of the MCU multiverse. Since the events of Deadpool 2, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Reynolds) developed a mid-life crisis. He has been rejected by […]
The Zone of Interest Review
The Zone of Interest is the fourth feature film from Jonathan Glazer, the man behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin. With The Zone of Interest Glazer tackles the subject of the Holocaust. Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) is a senior SS officer whose family lives next to the walls of Auschwitz. He spends time with his family as well as managing the concentration […]