A Monster Calls

A young boy seeks the help of a magical tree monster to help heal his terminally ill mother in J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls. This is a difficult film to talk about as the plot description I put in the intro paragraph is actually pretty far from what this film is about so I’m just…

Kneel Before Pod – Rogue One

The second annual Star Wars movie has been released in the form of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The first in a series of stand-alone side films set in the Star Wars universe A review wasn’t enough so Kat, Chris and myself (Craig) got together to discuss it. We cover everything from the prequels, the original…

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Gareth Edwards brings us the first stand-alone Star Wars movie with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story -hereafter referred to as Rogue One-; the story of how the Rebellion came upon the Death Star plans. There was a lot riding on this film. It’s the first in the planned Star Wars anthology stories that shine…

On the Silver Screen – The Theory of Everything

The James Marsh directed The Theory of Everything chronicles brilliant scientist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) from his time at university up to roughly the present day. Instead of focusing on Stephen Hawking the scientist this film tells the story of Stephen Hawking the man. The script touches on his life as a scientist but for…