His recent output has made us collectively reevaluate the career of Adam Sandler, where his skills as a comedic actor, which were previously subjected to enormous disdain as a result of his vast amount of seeming-lacklustre work, being given another chance, with the clear conclusion being that, despite often appearing in awful films, Sandler as…
The Cremator (1969)
Karel Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský) is a mild-mannered man who has a passion for his career – he runs a small but renowned crematorium in Prague, where many of the city’s most established individuals briefly reside after their death, put under the meticulous care of a man who adores his chosen profession. His work is extremely…
Onward (2020)
Regardless of how you feel about the company, Pixar is fully in command of their craft, as demonstrated by their most recent cinematic offering, the crowd-pleasing fantasy comedy Onward, another in their endless line of impeccably-produced animated adventures that sometimes tends to avoid deviating too far from a familiar structure, while still be entertaining enough…
Mother (2009)
When it comes to taking matters in your own hands, Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (Korean: 마더) is a film that redefines the concept. A darkly comical psychological thriller, very much analogous to the director’s intentions as a social commentator, this film proves Bong as someone who can take the most conventional concept and turn it into…
The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Two old friends are reunited years after finishing their studies. Jan (Jan Myslowicz), a scientific genius, gave up his aspirations of leading an academic life by retreating into the countryside, where he got married to a humble schoolteacher (Barbara Wrzesinska), and leads a relatively simple life in his tranquil surroundings. Marek (Andrzej Zarnecki) stayed behind…
Buffaloed (2020)
Peg (Zoey Deutch) is a precocious twenty-year-old who has grown up on the lower end of the economic spectrum in the city of Buffalo, where she’d had a long life of being on the margins and never truly being able to have the life she feels she deserves. As a result, she makes use of…
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Perhaps a cynical view, but there are very few instances, if any, of the terms “video game” and “film” going well together – as the past has shown us on countless occasions, mainstream attempts to bring beloved gaming franchises to the screen have rarely ever been successful, with the majority of adaptations being middling at…
Atonement (2007)
How far can a single lie go in changing the course of the lives of several individuals? This is what Atonement, Joe Wright’s wartime drama sets out to answer. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, and produced to rapturous applause and adoration that has seemingly persisted over the last decade since its release, this…
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
The Great Depression impacted countless lives and lead people to go to extraordinary measures to try and survive – and in 1932, just over a hundred couples descend on a shabby California ballroom, where they will be taking part in the infamous Mammoth Marathon, a dance competition where the last couple standing will receive a…
I Start Counting (1969)
Wynne (Jenny Agutter) is a precocious young woman whose personality reflects someone far older than her mere fifteen years. The adopted daughter of a working-class family, she is deeply in love with George (Bryan Marshall), her much older adoptive brother, whose mysterious attitude makes him even more irresistible to Wynne, who finds herself taken by…
The Postmodern Pelican 