War for the Planet of the Apes – Brand New Teaser!

It’s getting harder and harder to remember where we are in the timeline for the Planet of the Apes franchise, have they taken over, have humans been completely subjugated, or are we still fighting for supremacy? The latest teaser trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes (yet another mouthful of a title for the series) sets us back on track as snow slowly … Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes – Brand New Teaser!

BFI London Film Festival: Arrival – Review

Science Fiction has two facets of being: The cheesy, dramatic, world-ending version and the intellectual transcendent version. While the former does have it’s charm and, sometimes, you can’t help but want Idris Elba to scream about cancelling the apocalyptic or Tom Cruise literally running to stop aliens from invading earth, the latter is where the soul of the genre is. A movie that works with … Continue reading BFI London Film Festival: Arrival – Review

BFI London Film Festival: A United Kingdom – Press Conference

“In these days of dithering,  the certainty in which she took her love  and husband and commitment to her marriage was inspiring.” says a poised and softly spoken Rosamund Pike about portraying one half of the real life couple – Ruth Williams and Seretse Khama that take centre stage of BFI London Film Festival opener A United Kingdom. I’m starting off this article on that … Continue reading BFI London Film Festival: A United Kingdom – Press Conference