Arrival Review

In the current political climate of the world, a film that fills you with hope is something that we all need, that film being Arrival. I first got the chance to see the film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival but decided to wait until now to review it so I didn’t accidentally give…

2016 Blind Spot: The Conversation Review

So for the penultimate film in this years Blind Spot reviews, I wanted to go for a thriller and, after looking at lists of the best thrillers, one that kept popping out at me was The Conversation. All the elements of the plot regarding tapped conversations are just as relevant now as they were in…

Doctor Strange Review

At the start of the year, when the LAMBcast did their episode on Most Anticipated films, I sent in a recording saying that Doctor Strange was the film I was looking forward to most in 2016, mainly due to the excellent cast assembled and the potential that the character creates for the MCU. Throughout the…

I, Daniel Blake Review

Since David Cameron became Prime Minister in 2010, there has been a severe attack on the welfare system in the UK, mostly under the architecture of Ian Duncan Smith. Alongside this destruction of the welfare state we have been fed stories daily about how all people on benefits are scroungers, being too lazy or too…