By Jack Shanley It is rare for a film to make you laugh out loud and break your heart in the same scene, but I Swear manages both with remarkable grace. Directed by Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee), this biopic tells the true story of John Davidson, a Scotsman who became a famous advocate for Tourette […]

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By Jack Shanley If you walked into the theatre expecting a polite, tea-sipping period drama, you clearly haven’t seen an Emerald Fennell movie before. The director behind Saltburn has taken Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic and turned it into a neon-soaked, gothic fever dream that is as much a fashion shoot as it is a tragedy. […]

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By Jack Shanley In the chaotic, neon-veined world of Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, the humblest of sports—table tennis—is elevated to a high-stakes blood sport. It is a film that breathes with a frantic, jittery energy, feeling less like a traditional biopic and more like a two-hour-long panic attack that you somehow never want to end.At […]

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By Jack Shanley Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 masterpiece, The Shining, has long been a benchmark for psychological horror, with its suffocating visuals evoking a sense of unrelenting dread. Now, over four decades after its initial release, the film makes its debut on IMAX screens, resulting in a spectacle that is both deeply unsettling and gloriously intense. […]

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By Jack Shanley Edgar Wright’s take on The Running Man is less of a remake of the campy Arnold Schwarzenegger film and more of a gritty, modern adaptation of the original Stephen King novel. Starring Glen Powell as Ben Richards, the blue-collar man desperate enough to volunteer for a lethal, televised hunt, the film is […]

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By Jack Shanley Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest sprawling epic, One Battle After Another, is less a film and more a sensory assault. An adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, this action-thriller, masquerading as a deeply melancholic character study, sees the director operating at his most anarchic and kinetic. The film follows Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a […]

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By Jack Shanley The Long Walk (2025) is a masterful adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling novel, and director Francis Lawrence has delivered a film that is as relentless and hypnotic as its source material. This isn’t a blockbuster filled with explosive action; instead, it’s a profound, character-driven psychological thriller that explores themes of endurance and […]

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By Jack Shanley Joseph Kosinski’s F1, delivers a visceral journey steeped in adrenaline, emotion, and cinematic grandeur. With a screenplay by Ehren Kruger and a soaring score co-composed by Hans Zimmer, the film revs up into one of the most ambitious crossovers between Hollywood and the hyper-technical world of Formula 1 racing. ‘F1’ is not just a […]

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By Jack Shanley “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” carves out a compelling, if at times familiar, corner within the revered John Wick universe. Starring Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro, a vengeance-driven assassin, the film embraces the franchise’s signature blend of hyper-stylized action and intricate underworld lore, while attempting to forge its own […]

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By Jack Shanley After a string of increasingly convoluted cosmic sagas, ‘Thunderbolts’ offers a refreshing change of pace for the MCU. Director Jake Schreier smartly grounds this tale of reluctant anti-heroes in a gritty, espionage-tinged reality, delivering a film that’s as emotionally resonant as it is action-packed.The narrative centres on a group assembled by Valentina […]

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