Indy Datta on the new Tom Cruise SF blockbuster, in cinemas today.
Category Archives: New Releases
Mostly Pop – May 2014
Once again it is time for Mr Moth to venture into the unknown territory of popular music for young people. This time it goes badly until a last-minute rescue saves the day.
The Piano
Philip Concannon revisits the 1993 Palme D’Or Winner, now out on Blu-ray, in the year its director heads the Cannes jury.
Godzilla
The latest version of Godzilla is in cinemas this week. Niall Anderson gazes into the abyss.
Touchy Feely
Laura Morgan likes the good bits of Lynn Shelton’s uneven indie dramedy.
The Wind Rises
Indy Datta on dreams and reality in the swansong from cinema’s greatest fantasist.
Blue Ruin
Yasmeen Khan is impressed by Jeremy Saulnier’s modern noir, a classical revenge tragedy in contemporary clothes, which is out on Friday.
Comics to Screen: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Beware of spoilers, as Marvel-maniac Matthew Turner takes another dive into comic-book lore, this time inspired by Marc Webb’s arachno-rebootquel. Like, no , really beware of spoilers, we’re not even kidding.
Monoglot Movie Club: Introducing Mike Tobacconist
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Czech Republic, February 2014.
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The Raid 2
We are, of course much too classy to go with the “Electric Boogaloo” joke for the standfirst. A review by Danni Glover, who is blameless in respect of the foregoing.
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