Nominated for three Academy Awards this year it seems somewhat odd that Albert Nobbs is being released post-ceremony when the Oscars buzz has died done. You would have thought that Rodrigo Garcia's period drama would have thrived in it's Oscar involvement yet nevertheless it's set for its British...

It would appear that some films are simply of an acquired taste, as despite a relative degree of critical acclaim for Damsels in Distress, I'm still searching the web to find synonyms for the word 'annoying', as Whit Stillman's latest production is like Mean Girls geeky and irritating older siste...

Ask any fan of the Marvel franchise on their thoughts on the upcoming Avengers Assemble and I'd predict that the majority would admit to uncertainty about the project. Although what appears to be just another generic money-making ensemble feature, is instead one of the most memorable superhero bl...

Xavier Gens' The Divide is not the first film this year to have depicted a group of people desperately trying to survive when trapped underground in confined surroundings, following the Oscar-nominated In Darkness. Yet unlike the Polish drama, The Divide is not restricted to the boundaries of bei...

As an ardent fan of Bob Marley's work, it suddenly dawned on me prior to seeing Marley that I knew so little about him - and therefore whilst hoping for an educational experience as well as an enjoyable one, Kevin Macdonald's latest project offered that and more, in a fascinating and emotional de...

Based on the eponymous novel by Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy is just the Scottish author's second novel to be adapted to the big-screen, the first being Trainspotting. Written by the same author, set in Edinburgh and centred around the intake of class A drugs, it's extremely difficult not to compare the...