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In the first two decades of the 21st century we saw the resurrection of the zombie genre. One of the key films responsible for this revival was 28 Days Later, a film that is now 20 years old. Jim (Cillian Murphy) is a bike courier who awakes from a 28-day long coma and finds that Central London has been […]
2010’s Never Let Me Go was an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The adaptation was able to attract some amazing talent in front of and behind the camera. In 1952 there has been a medical breakthrough that allows people to live up to 100 years old. But this health revolution came at a […]
The 2015 version of Far from the Madding Crowd is the fourth cinematic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s famous novel. Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a free-spirited woman in 1870s Dorset. She inherits her uncle’s farm upon his death. Bathsheba also becomes the object of desire for three men, the rugged shepherd Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), mature bachelor […]
The Night House was a horror film that made an incredible impression with its premiere being at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. After over a year and half, it has earned a wide release. Beth (Rebecca Hall) is a recently widowed English teacher after her husband, Owen (Evan Jonigkeit), has committed suicide. As well as struggling […]
Following on from his adventures in the Marvel Cinematic Universal New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi makes a smaller and more divisive film with Jojo Rabbit. Johannas “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is a 10-year-old boy living in Germany during the tail end of the Second World War. Like many boys at the time, he’s a member of […]
J.R.R. Tolkien is known for creating fantastical worlds that have enthralled millions and his life has been given the biopic treatment. Sadly the worlds he created were more interesting than the life behind them. Tolkien follows the famous author (Nicolas Hoult/Harry Gilby) during his school days, his time at Oxford University, and his service in […]
The Favourite is one of the leading candidates in this year’s award season, being an alternative take of British costume drama. In the early 18th century the frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) sits on the throne of Great Britain. Her friend and advisor Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), plenty much rules the country. When […]