John Krasinski is Jack Ryan. Not literally, of course. (Although I guess I don’t know what he does in his spare time.) But, when the man best known as ‘Jim’ from The Office was cast as the iconic character, I don’t know if anyone truly believed that he’d be up for the challenge. After all, at the role of…
Can a song save your life? The Greatest Hits hopes so. In The Greatest Hits, Harriet (Lucy Boynton) is still devastated after the tragic death of her boyfriend, Max (David Corenswet). But when she realizes that her favourite songs transport her back in time, she sets out on a mission to make things right. As she travels between…
Alex Garland is fighting a new battle. In the past, Garland has tackled such topics as the dangers of A.I. (Ex Machina) and toxic masculinity (Men). But now, in his latest film, Civil War, the director has set his sights on the brutality of a divided America. Set in the near future, Civil War depicts America as a…
Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. But which America? That’s the key question in Alex Garland’s Civil War, a film that may be set in the near future but feels all too real in the present. Set in the near future, Civil War depicts America as a nation divided within between two factions….
