Theo James

The Monkey: Trailer 1
THE MONKEY: TRAILER 1

Fresh off his runaway hit “Longlegs,” director Osgood Perkins returns with another gloriously demented fable, “The Monkey.” This is going to be insane.

DUAL Trailer
DUAL Trailer

A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers, things lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.

Sundance Film Festival 2022: DUAL and ALICE
Sundance Film Festival 2022: DUAL and ALICE

Whether it’s science fiction or simply a sensational real-life story, who doesn’t enjoy an inventive…

SXSW 2020: Interview With ARCHIVE Director/Writer Gavin Rothery
SXSW 2020: Interview With ARCHIVE Director/Writer Gavin Rothery

We spoke with Gavin Rothery, the director of Archive, which explores new territory in sci-fi themes like memory, humanity, loss, and fear of replacement.

CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong
CASTLEVANIA Season 3: A Season That Stands Strong

Castlevania is just as exciting as any season that came before and raises the bar with one of the most shocking penultimate episodes of the entire show.

LYING AND STEALING: B-Movie Art Heist Thriller Anchored By Two Magnetic Leads
LYING AND STEALING: B-Movie Art Heist Thriller Anchored By Two Magnetic Leads

Upheld by two zestful leads, and polished production design, Lying and Stealing is almost the real thing, but oversells its value.

LONDON FIELDS: A Sloppy Thriller Full Of Squandered Potential
LONDON FIELDS: A Sloppy Thriller Full Of Squandered Potential

London Fields feels like it’s trying to accomplish too much, and as a result, accomplishes very little.

ZOE: All-Too-Familiar A.I. Story Partially Saved By Talented Cast

Zoe’s detriment is not necessarily any of its individual parts – it’s that they don’t quite add up to anything more impactful or memorable.

HOW IT ENDS: Repetitive Disaster Story Runs Out Of Gas
HOW IT ENDS: Repetitive Disaster Story Runs Out Of Gas

Even with a good hook, How It Ends suffers from lack of vision becoming just a series of scenes that rarely congeals into anything substantial.

INSURGENT: A Perfectly Serviceable Sequel

I had read Veronica Roth’s Divergent before the adaptation sauntered onto cinema screens, heralded as the next The Hunger Games, and what I discovered was that I preferred the film to the book. There was more action on show, and I felt that the film fixed many of the things I found problematic with the book’s narrative. So when I discovered that the book of Insurgent didn’t impress, I decided to bypass it and wait for the film.

DIVERGENT Glorifies Extraversion

Divergent’s a fun, entertaining movie, but it has a few flaws. We discuss whether the film lived up to the book, and its glorification of extraversion.