In adapting Square Enix’s revisionist take on the iconic video game character Lara Croft, director Roar Uthaug finds himself in a strange position. He carries an obvious love for the material, painsta…
Movie Review: The Square
The Square is a film about a social experiment which is, in its own odd way, itself a social experiment. Said experiment asks if a panel of Cannes jurists can overlook a film’s glaring structural prob…
TV Review: The Affair, Season 3
The problem with watching The Affair is it’s too slow to watch one episode at a time but too complex to binge. Trying to binge watch the first season I had a monster headache by episode three wi…
Film Review: Money Monster
There are quite a lot of topics tackled in Jodie Foster’s new film, Money Monster. It makes statements – both overt and subtle – on Wall Street, class, sexism and politics. While the film …
TV News: The Affair Season Two Trailer Teases More Than Two Sides to the Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDB4fqUMtk One of my favorite new shows last year was Showtime’s The Affair. Full of passionate performances and mystery, the show pulled off a very entertainin…
Trailer Watch: Testament of Youth Official U.S. Trailer
I love period dramas, so this was going to always appeal to me. With a lead by a strong willed, feminist female lead and it’s an obvious choice. With some amazingly talented up and comers on boa…
Ally’s Movie Review: Pride
Inspired by a true story, Pride begins in the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activi…