The Review at the End of the Universe
For those who know of, and love, Laika Entertainment’s past cinematic releases, Boxtrolls, Paranorman, and Coraline, the news that Kubo and the Two Strings was coming elicited a feeling similar to a new Pixar release. They have a very distinct style and the use of stop-motion in an age of modern CGI is seen as…
Sean Ellis’ Anthropoid tells the story of the operation of the same name devised to assassinate a high ranking Nazi named Reinhard Heydrich (Detlef Bothe). Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy play parachutists Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik respectively; the pair tasked with carrying out this dangerous mission. The two actors do an admirable job in…
Three friends find themselves stalked by a blind man during an ill advised attempt to rob his house in Fede Alvarez’ Don’t Breathe. On the surface the premise seems really simple and the film wastes no time in getting things moving. We are quickly introduced to the teenagers; Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex (Dylan Minnette) and…
Luke Scott -Son of Ridley- takes a stab at the well travelled idea of artificial life and the implications of creating it. There’s a reason that fiction continues to come back to this idea and it’s a simple one. Basically it’s interesting and topical since the advances in computers and robotics are starting to make…
Noel Clarke brings us a third installment in the series occupied by Kidulthood and Adulthood as Sam Peel (Noel Clarke) is pulled back into the life that he tried so hard to escape. As the film opens things look like they might be stable enough for Sam after such a difficult time in the last…
A directionless New Yorker moves out to Hollywood so that he can find some kind of purpose in life in Woody Allen’s Café Society. It’s a very familiar story that we will all have seen done a thousand times before. Nothing about the plot of the film will come across as surprising. Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg)…
After a busy old July and August it’s back to reviewing for you fine folks, and the first chance I’ve had to see something not already covered by this fine site was director Todd Phillips’ (Old School, The Hangover) new offering War Dogs. Over the last few weeks the trailer for this has been popping…
Various food items ponder the nature of existence while making as many lowbrow puns as possible in Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon’s Sausage Party. This film has a premise that is difficult to sum up in a brief opening sentence but that’s the general idea here. If you imagine Toy Story but with food then…
The podcasts continue with a discussion of the divisive Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Myself (Craig), Aaron and Angus got together to discuss the recently released Ultimate Edition and mull over whether it’s a better film than the theatrical version or not. Natalie drops in for a brief cameo towards the end as well….
Ricky Gervais brings back everyone’s favourite clueless boss in David Brent: Life on the Road which sees Brent trying to revive his music career with a self funded tour. I will happily go on record as someone who was a huge fan of The Office back in the day. It was the perfect blend of…
