On The Car, Arctic Monkeys triumphantly travel back to Earth
Dominic Thornton reviews The Car, the seventh studio album by the Arctic Monkeys.
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‘Cry Macho’ finds Clint Eastwood content with his last rodeo
Deputy editor Dom Thornton praises Clint Eastwood's new movie: a relaxed Western.
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‘Monster Hunter’ finds Paul W.S. Anderson delivering pure B-movie thrills
Deputy editor Dom Thornton finds much to enjoy in Paul W.S. Anderson's new video-game adaptation.
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‘American Utopia’ demonstrates that David Byrne is Still Making Sense
Same as it ever was? Dominic Thornton reviews David Byrne's triumphant 'American Utopia'.
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Hot takes to heat up the winter months
As the summer draws to a close, we need something to keep us all warm. Nothing keeps a certified cinephile warmer than some delightful hot takes from our writers! The Scooby Doo films are worth rewatching whatever age you are – Oliver Toms When people think of classic films of...
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Chadwick Boseman: an icon gone too soon
I heard the news and I didn’t want to be believe it. Chadwick Boseman has died from colon cancer, four years after being diagnosed in 2016. He was 43 years old. The news is devastating. Born in South Carolina in 1976, Boseman studied at Washington D.C.’s Howard University and the...
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Summer films to feel the heat
“You can’t stand it, I know you can’t stand it. You can’t stand the heat” sang Steel Pulse on the soundtrack to Do The Right Thing, a film that excels at making you feel the heat that drips off the screen, even when you’re locked indoors. So who needs the...
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‘The Lovebirds’ is as forgettable as they come
Dominic Thornton review 'The Lovebirds', the new Netflix original film from the director of 'The Big Sick'
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Spike Lee: a vital filmmaker
Dominic Thornton explores the highlights of Spike Lee's filmography and what makes it such necessary viewing.
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Best book to film adaptations
In a Books and Film collab, a few of our writers discuss their favourite book to film adaptations
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‘The Hunt’ offers an entertaining B-movie time at the cinema
Dominic Thornton reviews The Hunt, a film recently released in cinemas willing to satarise politics in the form of a battle royale film.
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‘Richard Jewell’ is an astonishing, yet despairing, true story
Dominic Thornton reviews the new Clint Eastwood film 'Richard Jewell', based off a true story of a man accused of placing the bomb he found.
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Remembering River Phoenix
Dominic Thornton looks back on the life and career of River Phoenix, the young actor who suffered a premature death in 1993.
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