Cinema
Secret Cinema | Live event review
Last night Secret Cinema finally opened its doors after last week’s high-profile cancellations. After a week of dealing with a storm of social media backlash, the organisers were certainly under pressure to prove to fans that the show [read more]
Deliver Us from Evil
MOVIE REVIEW
Filmmaker Scott Derrickson is no stranger to the horror genre with previous titles like Hellraiser: Inferno, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister. With the latter two films he explores the contemporary horror formula in regard to [read more]
The Guvnors
MOVIE REVIEW
The Guvnors is a modern take on the classic London gangland thriller, albeit with an indie edge. Directed by Gabe Turner (The Class of ’92) and re-purposing this erring-on-overused genre, The Guvnors combines the history of football [read more]
My Name Is Hmmm (Je M’appelle Hmmm)
MOVIE REVIEW
Life is bleak for 11-year-old Céline, who is resigned to the daily misery wrought by her abusive father and absent mother. One day she’s sent on a school trip and seizes her chance to escape. She forges an unlikely bond with a Scottish [read more]
A Dangerous Game
MOVIE REVIEW
Anthony Baxter’s 2011 film You’ve Been Trumped supplied a mixture of anti-authoritarian film-making and quaint local charm, documenting the struggle of a group of people on the Aberdeenshire coastline against outspoken property magnate [read more]
The German Doctor (Wakolda)
MOVIE REVIEW
Based on the book by director Luica Puenzo, The German Doctor (Wakolda) is the true story of the family who befriended Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele in his years spent in Argentina after WWII. Unaware of his true identity, his past [read more]
The Nut Job
MOVIE REVIEW
When all else fails, insert any of the following: a joke about flatulence, a re-entry of a character that you’d just about managed to wilfully forget or a nut-based pun that didn’t make anyone but uncomprehending children and [read more]
Delight
MOVIE REVIEW
Stories of love and war are traditionally intertwined and conveyed via the epic genre. Conversely for this film, Gareth Jones has chosen to explore the much overlooked victims of war: photojournalists. The individuals, in the midst of war, [read more]
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cast and director discuss Marvel’s latest
The Upcoming caught up with director James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and David Bautista to discuss the release of their new Marvel venture, Guardians of the Galaxy. Chris, how was your screen test? Did you know from the off [read more]
Smart Ass
MOVIE REVIEW
Smart Ass is a French comedy-drama about a group of students who start a school prostitution ring. It sounds unpleasant and quite frankly, it is. The film is not smart, funny or likeable enough to get away with it. Two outsiders in an [read more]
