Aquaman

James Wan’s Aquaman follows on from Jason Momoa’s full introduction of the character in 2017’s Justice League to flesh him out with his own adventure. Nobody knows if there’s such a thing as a DC Extended Universe any more but that isn’t stopping Warner Brothers making films featuring those characters. Aquaman was already well into production by the…

The Great Wall

European Mercenaries find themselves in the midst of a battle between Chinese forces and a horde of creatures in Yimou Zhang’s The Great Wall. There was every chance that this film would end up being remembered for being another offensive white saviour movie. It could easily have been a film about white men coming to…

Look Out! Here Comes the Spider-Man

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a tiny little film coming out soon by the name of Captain America: Civil War. Among what are sure to be some really shocking twists, turns and plot points this film will also introduce the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Spider-Man. I’m excited about this as I really want…

On the Silver Screen – A Most Wanted Man

One of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final films, A Most Wanted Man is the story of a half Chechen, half Russian refugee named Issa Karpov (Grigory Dobrygin) who illegally sneaks into the German city of Hamburg and comes to the attention of an anti-terror group working covertly led by Gunther Bachman (Hoffman). Bachman investigates…