Craving the ‘Stiffy’: What Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights Says About Us
“Look, he’s got a stiffy!” The first line spoken in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”, by Emily Brontë, certainly sets the tone for the movie that follows. When your…
The Golden Globes: Just Glamour or The Gold Standard
Last year, I wrote about the relevance and importance of the Academy Awards in terms of whether or not we should take the Academy’s decisions as gospel as to what…
Marty Supreme’s Press Tour
It has proved incredibly hard to be online in these past few months and not have heard of Marty Supreme at least once. This is a telling sign of how…
One Battle After Another – Political Picture or A-Star Artistry?
As we edge ever closer towards awards season, the films hitting cinema screens move away from blockbuster hits and towards new targets. Critical success comes in March. However, one film…
When Queer Stories Take Centre Stage
Whether we want to admit it or not, we are all influenced by the media we consume in our day-to-day lives. The shows and movies we watch shape the world…
The Celebrity Traitors Finale: Status, Strategy and Shock Twists
The finale of The Celebrity Traitors aired on the 6th November on the BBC, drawing over 12 million viewers and ending with talk show host Alan Carr’s shock win as…
Shock Over Substance: Has TV Gotten Too Unnecessarily Explicit?
Over the past couple of years, it seems as though mainstream TV and film have become increasingly and unnecessarily explicit. Now, I know that by writing this, I might be…
A Return to Dystopia: The Long Walk
The book-to-film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk has been a long time coming, but with its high-stakes nature and heart-breaking character work, it’s a perfect fit for the…
David Vs. Goliath: Why You Should Pick Independent Cinema
Two years ago, I joined the University of Sussex and went from ‘£5.99 Tuesdays’ at the nearest Vue, and a great local independent cinema, to the damp Brighton Odeon, and…
Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
5 STARS It is no secret that Tom Cruise is regarded as the last Hollywood movie star. The title is often mentioned; he has worked with some of the most…
The Brutalist Debate: Its Brutal Out Here
Nina Benjamin’s Critique ★★★★☆ I was sceptical going into The Brutalist. Nearly four hours long, with a muted marketing campaign, it didn’t initially excite me. But by the time the…
A24: The Pioneers of Original Storytelling
In an age where Hollywood has marvelled at new creative capabilities that technological advancements have provided the modern world, it seems shocking that ideas are beginning to stale. Cinema-goers require…
Supporting Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs: The Hitwoman Movie
On one aimless scroll through YouTube, I came across the trailer for Ana de Armas’ new action/thriller movie Ballerina. The film follows de Armas’ character, Eve Macarro, on a vengeance…
The Oscars 2025: Anora’s Surprising Sweep and the Unsurprising Snubs
Winning an Academy Award is considered the pinnacle of success for a filmmaker or actor’s career. Realistically, however, the Oscars are a contest of who deserves an award, whose “moment”…
Review: Presence
★★★★☆ “I know there’s an excellent man inside of you, Tyler. I’d like to see him soon.” Through sheer determination, screenwriter David Koepp has turned the taboo ghost story on…
Nosferatwo: Does the Remake Justify the 102-Year Wait?
The answer is: kind of. Robert Eggers shocks us with another twisted outing to our local cinema in the form of Nosferatu. The more seasoned film nerds will know this…
Cracking Comeback, Lad! Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
“Good grief, it’s you! Again!” Sixteen years after the madness of the ‘Were-Rabbit’, Aardman have returned my favourite duo to the screen – but not the cinema’s, no! Instead, Wallace…
Piracy: An Ethical Crime?
Piracy – the unauthorised use, reproduction, and distribution of another’s content, information or work, customarily only exchanged for monetary gain. It sounds like a crime, right? Well, it is. But…
Review: A Complete Unknown
The biopic genre claims another victim. The legacy of Bob Dylan has been told to audiences countless times over the star’s 60+ years in music. From Martin Scorsese’s documentary No…
Leaving Room for a Sequel: The Apprentice
An inescapable aspect of The Apprentice is how it plays like an origin story for a villain like a cash-grab Disney prequel. Except this time the antagonist is not animated,…