The Gentlemen is a crime action-comedy directed by Guy Ritchie, which revisits the fast-paced, twist-heavy nature of his early work and manages to provide solid moments of fresh comedy despite feeling at times stylistically overworked.
Doctor Sleep is a delightful Siamese-twin of cinema, serving both as an adaptation of the 2013 Stephen King novel of the same name, and as a direct sequel to the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining, balancing scares and satisfaction without pandering to either fanbase.
Terminator: Dark Fate is the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise, and acts as a direct sequel to the 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Overflowing with relentless action and balanced wonderfully with laugh-out-loud comedy, Dark Fate is a cinematic robotic onslaught with a gorgeous, human heart at its core.
In a world full of films about war, where men dominate the silver screen in heroic battles that far too often glamorise the futility of it all, how refreshing it is to see a story told from the female side.
It Chapter Two is the sequel to the 2017 film It, both based on the 1986 novel It by Stephen King. Featuring a stellar cast and impeccable style and tone throughout its 170-minute runtime, it’s inarguably one of the finest horror stories – and King adaptations – we’ve had on screen to date.
Angel Has Fallen is the third installment in the Fallen film series, following Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), which saw Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) fighting for his life while protecting the President of the United States from various terrorist threats.
Equal parts Lord of the Flies and Apocalypse Now, the visually stunning Alejando Landes film, Monos, portrays the harrowing dysfunction of a teenage guerrilla group charged with protecting a foreign prisoner of war. Oxford Lamoureaux reviews for The 13th Floor.
In 1998, French filmmaker Olivier Meyrou worked alongside Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé, capturing the working dynamic of the pair in an intimate and often unsettling documentary. Two decades following completion of filming, and with its release suppressed by Bergé until 2015, Celebration is a raw depiction of a great artist in his twilight years. […]
Crawl is an absolute must-watch for fans of creature horror. Those fond of director Alexandra Aja’s previous work and the predatory unease of Jaws and Rogue will find plenty to delight in and hide from.
Annabelle Comes Home is the sequel to 2014’s Annabelle and 2017’s Annabelle: Creation, and the seventh installment in the Conjuring Universe franchise. Oxford Lamoureaux reviews this latest outing.