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 Detroit riots of 1967. Developed using testimonies and witness accounts, screenwriter Mark Boal reconstructs the terrifying
There isn’t a man or woman who doesn’t know of Stephen King these days. And why should that not be the case? While King himself would say otherwise, there is no denying that the man has become one of the greatest and most influential authors of modern times. He has
What is it about buddie-action comedies that makes them so forgettable now days? I’m serious, I just saw The Hitman’s Bodyguard and I already can’t remember most of it. How is that managed with this cast? I don’t know, maybe it has something to do with it being directed by
Here’s the thing about cinema. Movies alone are not enough. Sidestepping arguments about certain films being little more than overblown toy advertisements, it is nevertheless true that many of us are drawn to the ephemera surrounding movies. T-shirts; posters; action figures; replica props; comics, the list goes on. Publishing house
By Orla Smith. After a limited run last December, Your Name is returning to UK cinemas in both IMAX and standard formats. After breaking box office records in Japan, it became a rare international success. It's not hard to see why: Your Name is a melting pot of conflicting elements, all
