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Film review: The Devil Wears Prada 2

Film review: The Devil Wears Prada 2

  Miranda ‘fashion print’ Priestly with declining book sales must turn to her old assistant, now nemesis in the form of Dior’s senior online executive Emily Charlton to ‘reignite the fashion’. Back in 2003 a book was written and published …read more

Film review: Hokum

Film review: Hokum

Part dark comedy, part folktale, and part psychological horror, Hokum was a thrill ride of scares and surprises. Directed by Damian McCarthy and starring seasoned curmudgeon Adam Scott, this film was a treat in eerie atmospherics and eye-covering tension. Hokum …read more

Film review: Michael

Film review: Michael

Is Michael just a glittering reenactment of already very well documented events to bring his legacy to a new generation? With this much delayed and anticipated biopic, it’s easy to be sceptical. The big fish in the film industry have …read more

Film review: Project Hail Mary

Film review: Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary, the latest film adaptation of celebrated science fiction author Andy Weir, uses the dire backdrop of looming cosmic doom to create the most hopeful pieces of artful filmmaking I’m likely to see all year (or decade). I …read more

Film review: Undertone

Film review: Undertone

When paranormal podcasters Evy and Justin receive an email with disturbing audio clips, they begin experiencing a series of strange events that blur the line between real life, and the supernatural. There are two genres of modern entertainment culture at …read more

Film review: The Bride!

Film review: The Bride!

Longing for a companion, the monster of Frankenstein seeks doctor Euphronios to make him a bride. Bringing a murdered young woman back to life begins a series of unforeseen, deep-seated carnage. In 1818 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, under the pen name …read more

Film review: Wuthering Heights

Film review: Wuthering Heights

Cathy seeks the ultimate comfort in a beautiful yet loveless financial marriage, though Heathcliff’s undying adoration keeps drawing her back in. Initially published in 1847 under Emily Brontë’s pen name ‘Ellis Bell’, with purposeful sexual ambiguity; to disguise her then scorned …read more

Film review: Rental Family

Film review: Rental Family

Out of work and emotionally bruised, American actor Phillip finds purpose once more in Japan, as he fills the physical and emotional voids of everyday people around him through a companionship rental agency. Directed by Hikari (Memoirs of a Geisha) …read more

Film review: Avatar: Fire & Ash

Film review: Avatar: Fire & Ash

Still reeling from the events of the last film, Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) must defend themselves and their family against another onslaught from the ‘Sky People’. (Warning: Mild Avatar 2 & 3 spoilers ahead) Three years ago, …read more

Film review: Bugonia

Film review: Bugonia

Lanthimos’s conspiracy thriller starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons explores the madness of modern paranoia through a twisted version of an alien abduction story that is delightfully deranged and utterly gripping. This time, he’s remaking Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 South Korean …read more