Films

The cinematic landscape and future, much like the current political one, is in a state of transition. With the rise of AI, the over reliance on CGI and the saturation of superheroes

Over 30 years since it was published, Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel Trainspotting has never lost any of its power. Whether reading it, watching Danny Boyle’s film adaptation and sequel, seeing it on

Blumhouse’s The Black Phone, based on the short story by Joe Hill (son of horror maestro Stephen King), was a huge success at the box office back in 2022, grossing over $160mil

Spanning over 100 shows and drawing close to three million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode’s 2023–2024 Memento Mori World Tour featured three sold-out nights at Mexico City’s Foro Sol Stadium, staged just weeks

“I saw her standing on her front lawn / Just a-twirling her baton / Me and her went for a ride, sir / And ten innocent people died.” So begins Nebraska, Bruce

Back in 2016, Jim Hosking burst onto the indie cinema scene with his absurdist slasher The Greasy Strangler. This bafflingly uncomfortable and unconventional flick went on to win the Discovery Award at

1984’s This is Spinal Tap is an undisputed comedy classic that needs no introduction. 41 years on, the film’s long-awaited big-screen follow-up is here, reuniting filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) with Nigel

Although I hate to use the term “elevated horror”, we are certainly living in its golden age. Perhaps lining up with the success of A24 over the last ten or so years,

Critical reception to the new Smurfs movie has been…well, less than kind. While some of the criticism has been fair (it’s not a perfect film by any stretch), a lot of it