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Film Review - A United Kingdom ★★★

A United Kingdom is a biographical romantic drama re-telling the tale of real life couple Sir Seretse Khama and his wife Ruth Williams Khama. It's a love story defying opposition with triumphant moments within history you probably weren't aware of previously.  Unity is a common topic to talk about these days, it seems...and A United Kingdom is a film about politics, albeit a...

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Film Review - Snowden ★★★

When I attended this year's London Film Festival, Snowden was quite high up on my 'ones to watch' list. Oliver Stone's latest film casts Joseph Gordon-Levitt as one of the world's most well-known whistleblowers. It casts light on events that happened as recently as 2013 and revisits the real world issue of mass surveillance and 'too much information'. The end result is a...

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Film Review - Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them ★★★★½

J.K. Rowling invites you to experience a brand new chapter, full of life, magic and a charming host named Newt Scamander. If you think about it, the plot is really simple: Brit abroad loses his suitcase and a bunch of crazy stuff happens. But it's the fantastic beasts that bring it to life and live up to their name, added to the effortless...

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Did someone call a doctor? Marvel delivers with Doctor Strange ★★★★

Marvel keep telling - showing - us that they're not one dimensional and they can offer us a bit of everything. The origin story may not be original anymore, but it sure never gets boring. We've had comedy, super-squads, squad break-ups, parodies, TV, big, small, intergalactic and now...Strange. Very strange. With mind-blowing sequences that go bigger and bolder than Inception on steroids, Doctor...

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