Battle of the Sexes: Stone vs Carell, Man vs Woman, Freedom vs Intolerance
The (in)famous “Battle of the Sexes” exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is perfect fodder for a modern-day biopic.
School-Live! – Season 1
An unconventional genre mashup that proves surprisingly affecting.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle has as much unapologetic stupidity and unabashed absurdity as its predecessor … but, sadly, it’s an order of magnitude less fun.
Is ‘Mother!’ Actually Worth The Pain?
mother! is not fucking around. This is a film that well and truly earns its exclamation mark.
Gothic, Giallo, Gore: Masters of Italian Horror at GOMA
“Gothic, Giallo, Gore: Masters of Italian Horror” centres primarily around three directors with a legitimate claim to the title of master: Dario Argento, Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci.
Frisky (2015)
Frisky is proof positive that making something like Girls is a lot harder than it looks.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
While Captain Underpants is colourful, comedic and … competent, it’s just not my kinda scene.
It Is Terrifying, But Not Just Because Of The Clown
There’s never going to be a version of It as terrifying as the novel I read when I was 12. But the new adaptation does well to channel the unnerving spirit of King’s novel.
Victoria and Abdul (2017)
Victoria and Abdul shoves what sounds like a truly extraordinary moment in history into a biopic-shaped box and sands away any sharp edges
Risk (2016)
While Risk is less focused than Citizenfour, Laura Poitras’ study of Snowden, this is actually the stronger film.
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