Adam Gunton

I tried to watch this with an open mind but the film was barely two minutes in before I started rolling my eyes. Christ, where do I start with this thing? Okay, the music. The audience response to James Gunn's Guardians Of The Galaxy and the reaction to the trailers for Suicide Squad clearly informed the decision to cover this film with random popular songs. But in Guardians, the music had a purpose. It was linked to the story and the characters and it was thematic. The music

Jeff Nichols continues to impress. Right out of the gate Take Shelter was brilliant and Mud was just as impressive if a little bit more conventional. Midnight Special definitely embraces Take Shelter's enigmatic approach to storytelling, something I love as both a filmmaker and a member of the audience. There's little to no exposition, with short conversations giving you hints of the events that led to this moment in time. I love being thrown into a story like this. The cinem

10 Cloverfield Lane works because it's constantly hiding something from you. It teases information, making you hungry for more. It plays you by giving you a bigger bite of plot before going back to being withholding. Dan Trachtenberg directed a fan-film based on the video game Portal. 10 Cloverfield Land definitely borrows some elements from that piece of work, which is well worth checking out. I think one of the reasons this film works well is because of the cast. Mary Eliza

This one of those films that just has you, that grabs you and doesn't let you go and when it gets rough it won't let you look away no matter how tempted you might be. I utterly loved this. It's style was unforgiving. You're thrown straight in. There's no exposition, no unnecessary padding. Characters are carved quickly with effective dialogue, their behaviour leaving you a little uncomfortable, laying the groundwork for later. Then comes the green room in question and what fo

Low expectations, even lower results. This actually started out pretty decent. Chris Pratt's character waking up alone, ninety or so years ahead of schedule. The natural process of hope, denial, living in the moment and then depression. Naturally he'd be tempted to wake someone else up so he's not alone but he's well aware he's condemning them to the same life hes's been suffering for a year.. The moral quandary was handled pretty well, even to the point where he wakes Jennif