The Nice Guys
June 14th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
These guys aren’t really that nice. That’s the joke, I guess, but it’s hardly their fault. No-one’s particularly congenial in …
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X-Men: Apocalypse
May 23rd, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
Marvel’s X-Men comics sometimes led with a cheeky fake-out to tease the reader. We open in media res, our mutant …
10 Cloverfield Lane
March 25th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
Cloverfield’s monster, descended from the Japanese kaiju tradition, belonged to the skyline. 10 Cloverfield Lane, the accidental spiritual cousin/franchise cash-in to …
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
March 24th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
Do you believe in Superman? Judging by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zack Snyder doesn’t. Indeed, the Man of Steel sequel/Batman reboot/shared-universe …
Anomalisa
March 23rd, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
The line you’re going to read a lot about Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman’s second film as writer-director, is ‘fake but real’. A …
Cinema 16 For ’16: Goodnight Mommy
March 15th, 2016 | by Richard Davis
An alternative guide to this year’s cinematic offerings, we trawl through the dilapidated rows of seats in the back alley …
London Has Fallen
March 9th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
Forty minutes into London Has Fallen, the air is suddenly thick with tension and the promise of conflict. Not from …
The Survivalist
February 16th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
The Survivalist is a lean film for lean times. It’s seven years after the end of civilisation, the collapse of …
Goosebumps
February 5th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
Even viewed through the forgiving prism of nostalgia, the Goosebumps books were always more goofy than scary, with their green sludge lettering, gotcha twists …
The Revenant
January 13th, 2016 | by Conor Smyth
When we’re surrounded by movies running on autopilot, it seems perverse to fault a film for trying. But there’s trying and then …