Review: Ad Astra
The ever-looming awards season is upon us, gather your provisions and prepare for what will, in turn, be a hopefully great few months for film. If you’ve seen as many films as I have from this year, you’ll hopefully be as concerned as I am. Ad Astra felt like a beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak […]
Review: Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
It’s quite the spectacle that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the first Quentin Tarantino feature I have witnessed on the big cinema screen. But spectacle shouldn’t really relay any added bonuses for his latest feature. Set (obviously) in Hollywood, the latest Tarantino piece sees Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio as a dynamic duo that I […]
12 Years A Slave – Breathtaking. Brutal. Brilliant
12 Years a Slave is a dramatic eye opener into the stark reality of what actually happened to the men and women who were part of the American slave trade. Only a few film-makers have tried to show one of the darkest hours of American history before, but Steve McQueen has done it brilliantly by […]
Fassbender And Pitt Star In 12 Years A Slave
12 Years a Slave is based on the incredible true story of Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was kidnapped in Washington D.C. in 1841 and sold into the slave trade. Solomon, who had lived with his wife and two daughters, earned his money through being a skilled carpenter and fiddle […]