Film, page 2

2 months ago

Steel Country at EIFF: ‘a film that starts slow, and continues slower’

Steel Country, like many films at EIFF18, has a terminal case of poor pacing. It’s a film that starts slow,…

2 months ago

Incredibles 2 at EIFF: ‘a generic slice of caped crusading’

If any movie deserves the subtitle ‘Electric Boogaloo’ it’s Incredibles 2: an unnecessary late-stage sequel to a movie that never…

2 months ago

Blood Fest at EIFF: obnoxious, wacky meta-horror

Hey kids, remember Scream? Hah yeah, thought not. Oh wait, you do? Well that’s Blood Fest fucked…. Owen Egerton’s movie…

2 months ago

C’est La Vie! at EIFF: ‘this party never gets dull’

Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s C’est La Vie! luxuriates in the pleasures of life. Taking place over one evening, the…

2 months ago

Calibre at EIFF: Paralysing

Saying Calibre is tense is a lot like saying getting shot in the stomach hurts. Calibre is paralysing: pinning you…

2 months ago

Oceans 8: a regressive reboot

Can we just agree that reboots are a bad idea, unless they’re the Evil Dead? Taking the Oceans franchise, and…