Cinema Perspective
EIFF Film review: Bad Day for the Cut
EIFF Film review: Where is Kyra?
Top 5 Must-See Movies of Ed Film Fest 2017
Film review: Baywatch
Film review: Wonder Woman
Film review: The Secret Scripture
Film review: Alien: Covenant
Film review: Unlocked
Trailer: Blade Runner 2049
Top 5 Must-See Movies of May 2017
Film review: Unlocked
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Trailer: Blade Runner 2049
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Robin Wright
Release: October 2017
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Top 5 Must-See Movies of May 2017
There may be a lack of originality in the best of May’s releases as franchises are revisited and stories are retold, but these picks should provide popcorn entertainment as we head into the summer months…
Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott’s iconic sci-fi franchise returns with Alien: Covenant, the sequel to 2012’s Prometheus prequel. The events unfold ten years later and Michael Fassbender reprises his role as David the android.
Baywatch
David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson made Baywatch famous on television in the nineties, and now it has its time to shine on the big screen. Seth Gordon directs with Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson filling up the lead roles. Beaches ain’t ready for this adaptation.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
The fantasy medieval fable of King Arthur has been told across many mediums over the years, and now Guy Ritchie is having a go. His cinema interpretation is loosely based on the legend, and stars Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam in the titular role.
Manhattan
Woody Allen’s iconic 1979 picture has been digitally restored to screen in selected cinemas this month. As well as writing and directing the piece, Allen stars alongside Diane Keaton and Meryl Steep in this classic romantic comedy.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge
It’s been six years since we saw Johnny Depp’s rum-drinking swashbuckling anti-hero but the series is back for its fifth instalment. Known as Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US and Japan, this chapter is directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, and sees Javier Bardem join the all-star cast as the villainous Salazar.
Film review: The Sense of an Ending
Why learn to live with mistakes and regret when you can simply grow old and forget about them? In The Sense of an Ending, BAFTA nominated Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra begs this question in what is his first English language feature. Adapted from Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, the plot centres around retired divorcee Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent), a grumpy old man who receives some post that leads him to reflect on his youth. The letter is from the recently departed mother of Veronica Ford (Freya Mavor), a girl that he dated years earlier. Strangely he is left a small sum of money and a diary in her will, and while he is interested to find out more, a trip down memory lane reveals forgotten truths from his past.
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Top 10 Netflix gems you might not have seen… Volume 2
Sick of flicking through the same old suggestions on Netflix? Cinema Perspective can help, picking out ten fantastic films that you might not have seen. There’s a mix of old and new movies from a variety of genres, from intense drama to fun flicks! Enjoy…
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Film review: Raw
French writer and director Julia Ducournau wowed audiences at Cannes Film Festival last year with her first feature film Raw, a coming-of-age story spliced with an exploration of cannibalism. The plot centres around young vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) who enrols at veterinary college, where she befriends party-boy roommate Adrien (Rabah Naït Oufella) and reunites with her older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf) who already studies there. After being thrust into the anarchic student lifestyle, she is forced to eat rabbit kidneys as part of a brutal initiation process and reluctantly buckles to peer pressure. This, however, causes a horrible allergic reaction and triggers a craving for meat and an unquenchable thirst for blood.
Film review: Power Rangers
As modern cinema continues to churn out reboots, remakes and superhero movies, it was inevitable that we would see the Power Rangers reintroduction to the big screen. Adapting the 90s kid’s television series this time around is Dean Israelite, with his second feature in the director’s chair. The plot follows a motley crue of societal outcasts who develop superpowers after a near death experience. Jason (Dacre Montgomery), Billy (RJ Cyler), Kimberly (Naomi Scott), Zack (Ludi Lin) and Trini (Becky G) are led to discover that they will become the next Power Rangers, and with the help of their mentor Zordon (Bryan Cranston) and his robotic assistant Alpha 5 (Bill Hader), they must come together to foil the wicked plans of their nemesis Rita (Elizabeth Banks) to save Angel Grove from destruction.
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