April 28, 2017
Director Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s novel, High-Rise, stars Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, a physiologist and a new resident of a sleek, luxury high-rise building designed by Anthony Royal (Jeremy Irons), an eccentric, elderly...
February 10, 2017
Mr. Robot is a uniquely styled and riveting TV drama about a morphine-addicted vigilante hacker with a deeply fractured psyche. Rami Malek gives a terrific performance as Elliot Alderson, who by-day is a brilliant programmer at AllSafe, a cybersecuri...
February 9, 2016
A surreal satire about the nature of modern, romantic relationships, The Lobster centres on a man trying to survive in a dystopian society that places coupledom at the place of utmost importance. When his wife leaves him for another man, David (Colin...
July 10, 2015
Children of Men is a sci-fi action-drama based on mystery novelist P. D. James’s book of the same name. Clive Owen plays the reluctant hero, Theo, living in a dystopian future where all of humanity has been infertile for the last 18 years. The world...
June 11, 2015
*Warning: Spoilers throughout review!
Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth instalment of the franchise (and disclaimer: I have not seen the previous three films) by 70-year old Australian director George Miller. Mainly comprised of car chases in a vast po...
May 29, 2015
Ex Machina is a slick sci-fi with a small but very adept cast that explores the possibilities of artificial intelligence, human limitation, and robotic sexuality. Domhnall Gleeson is Caleb, a programmer working at Bluebook (the in-movie version of Go...
April 3, 2015
Based on a French graphic novel, Snowpiercer is a fresh take on the post-apocalyptic film with an indelibly ambiguous ending that acts as a litmus test for determining if you are an optimist or pessimist. The premise of the story is that a small perc...
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