Away from the Hype: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

In the latest of our Away From the Hype series, we take a look at The Dark Knight Rises, the final cap to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

THE JURASSIC GAMES: Less Than The Sum Of Its Many, Many Parts
THE JURASSIC GAMES: Less Than The Sum Of Its Many, Many Parts

Despite its absurd concept lending itself to occasional entertaining satire, The Jurassic Games suffers from poor visuals, bland cinematography, and poorly developed stereotypical characters.

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.

IBIZA: A Lighthearted Girls Trip To Spain
IBIZA: A Lighthearted Girls Trip To Spain

If you’re stuck at home and need something to watch, maybe Ibiza might be for you if you want to escape reality for a little while.

"F*ck Superheroes": Trope Maintenance Vs. Trope Subversion in DEADPOOL 2
“F*ck Superheroes”: Trope Maintenance Vs. Trope Subversion In DEADPOOL 2

Deadpool 2 is the most recent, and to some minds, most egregious, example of a mainstream film figuring out that it can benefit from appearing subversive, without needing to put in the creative work of fulfilling this promise.

GLOSSARY OF BROKEN DREAMS: A Frustrating, Fatiguing Polemic
GLOSSARY OF BROKEN DREAMS: A Frustrating, Fatiguing Polemic

With the world getting stranger and scarier by the day, Glossary Of Broken Dreams could have been a useful resource — a helpful primer when current events appear to be beyond comprehension. But it is not that documentary.

THE TWO OF US: A Surprisingly Heartwarming Depiction of Childhood During Wartime
THE TWO OF US: A Surprisingly Heartwarming Depiction Of Childhood During Wartime

On the eve of its 50th anniversary, Claude Berri’s autobiographical drama The Two Of Us remains as heartwarming as ever, offering a look at one of the greatest conflicts in history and the prejudices it triggered through a child’s eyes.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Trailer
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Trailer

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? won’t be covering a hard-hitting topic, but let’s never say that the teaching of love and kindness isn’t important to document.

SXSW: The Virtual Reality Future
SXSW: The Virtual Reality Future

Jax Griffin was initially extremely sceptical of the possibilities of virtual reality, but as she explored the VR projects available during the SXSW VR expo and spoke with the creators, she soon changed her mind.

LOVE ALWAYS, MOM: A Hopeful Documentary Full of Life
LOVE ALWAYS, MOM: A Hopeful Documentary Full Of Life

While Love Always, Mom waves a large price tag in the eyes of its viewers, it is an engrossing film that shows a hope in the depths of darkness while displaying the benefits of sheer determination and will.

FAHRENHEIT 451: Smolders But Doesn't Ignite
FAHRENHEIT 451: Smolders But Doesn’t Ignite

With the inclusion of a MacGuffin and the eventual predictable narrative that follows, Fahrenheit 451 misses out on a golden opportunity to connect with a modern audience.

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.

THE PUBLIC Trailer
THE PUBLIC Trailer

In The Public, a group of homeless people finds shelter in a library when outside temperatures drop to arctic levels. The library can’t let people stay there, and when local politics enter the equation, the situation starts to spiral out of control

I FEEL PRETTY: Ambitious, But Never Quite Comes Together
I FEEL PRETTY: Ambitious, But Never Quite Comes Together

Although the widespread negative reaction to I Feel Pretty is slightly unfair, the film still feels mechanically engineered to do nothing more substantial than pass the time.

BLADE RUNNER 2049: More Misanthropic Than Misogynistic?
BLADE RUNNER 2049: More Misanthropic Than Misogynistic?

While many found the 2017 release of Blade Runner 2049 to be misogynistic, the perceived sexism within the film may be more than meets the eye as the movie turns out to express anxiety about the past and not the future and an avoidance of human society.