By the end of the 20th century, the ‘gladiator movie’ had fallen out of favour having become something of a punchline after the genre was mocked in Flying High. That abruptly changed in 2000, however, when Russell Crowe as the noble General Maximus pontificated his way to superstardom in Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator. The success of that sword clanging extravaganza
Read moreDirector Andrew Haigh’s wonderful 2017 film, Lean on Pete, which told the story of a young guy (Charlie Plummer) travelling across the American West with a horse he had saved from the slaughterhouse was one of the most affecting films of recent times. Haigh’s latest film, the very moving, intimate, slow burn, All Of Us Strangers similarly draws us into
Read moreBased on Ian Reid’s 2018 novel, the dystopian sci fi drama, Foe offers an intriguing premise but too often delivers it in a dull fashion. Set in the year 2065, the film depicts a world in which our worst fears about the impacts of climate change have been realised. Global drought has almost annihilated agriculture so governments have begun a
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