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IN DARKNESS: Audible Tension Subsides Due To Silly Revelations
IN DARKNESS: Audible Tension Subsides Due To Silly Revelations

In Darkness could have been an exciting thriller with a complex, well-written female protagonist but it instead ends up being a convoluted and messy misfire. 

ATTACK OF THE ADULT BABIES: British horror/comedy is disgustingly good fun
ATTACK OF THE ADULT BABIES: Disgustingly Good Fun

Dominic Brunt’s horror comedy Attack of the Adult Babies is equally versed in British toilet humour and the classics of the horror genre.

ON CHESIL BEACH: An Honest, but Messy Portrayal of Sex
ON CHESIL BEACH: An Honest But Messy Portrayal Of Sex

On Chesil Beach feels like three separate character studies awkwardly forced into one occasionally incoherent film – but with a characteristically brilliant Saoirse Ronan performance at the centre, it is never anything less than compelling.

THE ESCAPE: Gemma Arterton Shines In This Uneven Character Piece
THE ESCAPE: Gemma Arterton Shines In This Uneven Character Piece

The Escape from director Dominic Savage is an unsettling character story, one that takes its time getting its claws into you but ultimately delivers an intense ride.

Urban and The Shed Crew: Another Win for Female Filmmakers
URBAN AND THE SHED CREW: Another Win For Female Filmmakers

With 30% of British children living in poverty, director Candida Brady’s film couldn’t be timelier, depicting the harsh realities of young Britons’ lives with an unapologetic sincerity.

MARY SHELLEY: An Exquisite Elle Fanning Owns This Lush Biopic

Haifaa al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley, helped along greatly by Elle Fanning’s powerful performance, will summon up all of one’s righteous feminist anger and make one appreciate the accomplishments of Mary and those like her all the more.

DISOBEDIENCE: Another Addition To Lelio’s Interloper Cinema
DISOBEDIENCE: Another Addition To Lelio’s Interloper Cinema

Lacking emotional honesty, Disobedience from director Sebastián Lelio fails to create believable, organic tension between its characters and translate an understanding of the films primary cultural focus and subject matter.

OBEY: A Compellingly Personal Story of Inequality

Obey is a compelling watch anchored by visceral, emotional performances by Rutherford and Miller, and a well-crafted script by Jones.

BEAST: A Monstrously Great Slow-Burning Mystery
BEAST: A Monstrously Great Slow-Burning Mystery

Beast is a gritty psychological-mystery with a brilliantly dark, pulsating and atmospheric heart, with an exceptional lead performance from Jessie Buckley. Michael Pearce delivers a brilliantly assured and confident feature-length directorial debut.

SHERLOCK GNOMES: Please, Gno-more Sherlock Adaptions
SHERLOCK GNOMES: Please, Gno-more Sherlock Adaptions

This belated sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet poorly attempts to expand the cinematic universe – and merely exposes the poor storytelling within.

TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE: A Beautiful Deception
TREASURES FROM THE WRECK OF THE UNBELIEVABLE: A Beautiful Deception

While Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable may be a wreck of its own, there are hidden treasures within that do deserve discovery.

FUNNY COW: The most unpleasant British film in recent memory
FUNNY COW: The Most Unpleasant British Film in Recent Memory

Funny Cow is one of the most harmful depictions of the British working class in popular culture since Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby, in addition to being one of the most mindbogglingly racist and homophobic films in recent memory.

GHOST STORIES: Is 'Good Enough' Good Enough?
GHOST STORIES: Is ‘Good Enough’ Good Enough?

Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s adaptation of their hit stage play Ghost Stories is a serviceable British horror – but with so many recent gems in the genre, is being “serviceable” enough to justify its existence?

PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING: Falls Short Of Rising Up To The Original

Failing to bring anything new the second time around, Pacific Rim: Uprising suffers from an identity crisis with little chance to rise up from its cinematic shortfalls to save itself.

JOURNEYMAN: A Treacly And Unengaging Disability Drama
JOURNEYMAN: A Treacly & Unengaging Disability Drama

Paddy Considine’s long-awaited second film in the director’s chair is an emotionally manipulative disappointment, that has replaced the grit of his debut with a stale, maudlin predictability.