After a lumbering foray into the Star Wars franchise with The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson returns to what he does best, quirky character-based crime dramas in the flawed but highly enjoyable murder mystery Knives Out. The film plays like an alternate reality Agatha Christie story as a group of suspects (played by a typical all-star cast) gather at a
Read moreFor many, the Star Wars films have been the most anticipated cinematic events of recent years. While The Force Awakens and Rogue One were legitimately strong intergalactic action films they earned much of their praise by paying adequate fan service to the revered original trilogy and by being nothing like the reviled prequels. The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson
Read moreLooper is a strange, inventive but ultimately underwhelming mix of Terminator, Blade Runner and Die Hard. Looper posits the idea that about 60 years from now we will have discovered time travel but because of its inherent dangers, it will have been banned. The only people who will use it will be criminal organisations who, because of bio tracking techniques,
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