Hi, my name is Daryl and in the 00s I was a Star Wars prequel apologist. I remember the cultural avalanche that built around The Phantom Menace. I spent my childhood watching battered VHS copies… The Star Wars Prequels: A Confession
Waihau Bay, New Zealand, 1984. “Boy” (James Rolleston) lives on a farm with his gran, his little brother, younger cousins and a goat. When his gran leaves for a week, Boy’s estranged father, Alamein (Taika… The BRWC Review: Boy
Based on a series of novels written by ex- Special Boat Services commando Duncan Falconer, the titular John Stratton is an SBS operator who must track down an international terrorist cell. Director Simon West goes… Review: Stratton
Following on from the similar docu-drama aesthetic of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, director Kathryn Bigelow reconstructs the events that led to the murder of three black men by police officers during the… The BRWC Review: Detroit
Whether it’s the dark brooding mystery of Momento, the persistent mind-throb of Inception or the unrelenting, heart-squeezing tension of Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan remains a master of atmosphere. Usually in films of this nature we witness… Dunkirk: The BRWC Review