Clark Kent (Superman) and Lois Lane are frustrated over their son Jonathan’s failure to follow in his father’s footsteps as a journalist and reporter. Desperate to get him back on track, Clark presents Jonathan with a powerful object to help him uncover the truth behind his father’s death. “Last Sons of Krypton”” is the 15th … Read more
‘I make claymations that are NOT for children.’ The Leeds born-and-bred filmmaker Lee Hardcastle doesn’t lie. In 2011, the Northern Film School alumnus took to YouTube to showcase his dark, twisted creations; equipped only with a cheap laptop, a digital camera, some malleable clay and ambition by the bloodied bucket load. A few years later, his presence … Read more
In-Between Days was the unexpected gem of this year’s CPH:DOX. The debut feature(ish) length documentary from Indian based filmmaker Sankha, it portrays a clandestine subculture on the streets of Kolkata – the transgendered community and their illegal sex trafficking. At least, that’s what In-Between Days looks like from a distance. Beneath that taboo is a universally affecting tale … Read more
I expected the insipidly titled The Sessions to be one of two movies. Firstly, it could have been an indie darling. Dished up to the swooshing Sundance Film Festival and the annual Little Miss Sunshine-worshipping crowd as a brave (meaning that the two leads are unsympathetically filmed in their fleshy birthday suits), and treacly (meaning, well, treacly) look at … Read more
With the final showdown of the Twilight Saga in cinemas from tomorrow, I decided it was about time I ‘manned-up’ and watched the rest of the saga. Watched over one 10-ish hour sitting, I slogged through the the preceding films and found that, to my lack of surprise, this vampiric, saccharine love triangle franchise is … Read more