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Project Hail Mary: Salvation, Sacrifice, and the Courage Borrowed from Friendship

When Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir’s follow-up to The Martian, arrived in 2021, it felt like an unusual bestseller. It was science fiction, yes — full of equations, orbital mechanics, and alien biology — but at heart it was disarmingly sincere. Now, with the film adaptation bringing the story to the screen, that sincerity remains […]

Adrian Drayton · 19 March 2026

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Is This Thing On?: Connection, Marriage and Comedy

I have been on a journey towards re-embracing my creative pursuits in a way that doesn’t force them into the box of monetisation and functional utility. In the past I have tried so hard to find a way to reshape my passions into something I could meaningfully call “work” or something productive, when in actuality […]

Jonty Cornford · 4 February 2026

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Religious Extremism and the Cult of Personality in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reinvented the cinema zombie in 2002 with the modern classic 28 Days Later, a film that still feels remarkably fresh and innovative upon a rewatch today. There was then a rushed and largely unrelated sequel without any of that core creative team, 28 Weeks Later, but last year […]

Jonty Cornford · 16 January 2026

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Choosing Forever: Faith and Love in the New A24 Film Eternity

A24’s film Eternity places you in a world that asks questions about life, love, and what lasts beyond death. Directed by David Freyne, the story follows Joan (Elizabeth Olsen), who arrives in the afterlife to discover she has one week to decide where to spend eternity. The choice is complicated: she must decide between her […]

Adrian Drayton · 4 December 2025

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A Story of Grace Beneath the Rubble 

Review: Roofman Based on a true story, Roofman (2025) brings together Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in a quietly gripping drama about crime, isolation, and unexpected grace. Directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), the film follows Jeffrey Manchester, a former U.S. Army Reserve soldier whose unusual method of burglary (entering McDonald’s restaurants through […]

Aditee Vora · 8 November 2025

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Immigration, Conspiracy and Fractured Culture in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia

Maybe I have just been living under a rock, but in the last few years I have been appalled to realise just how common it is to use the word “alien” to describe immigrants. It is such an explicitly dehumanising term matched in its obvious implicit hatred by its brazen shamelessness. As far as I […]

Jonty Cornford · 5 November 2025

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The Rock’s New Biopic Could Stand To Hit A Little Harder

Film review: The Smashing Machine The Safdie Brothers rose to prominence in 2017 – a decade into their careers directing together – with Good Time, perhaps the film that established the exciting potential of a post-Twilight Robert Pattinson. Their next film, 2019’s Uncut Gems, was even more seismic: the growing contingency of folks who stump […]

James O'Connor · 21 October 2025

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One Battle After Another Is The Defining Film of 2025

Film Review: One Battle After Another In the opening scene of One Battle After Another, members of a revolutionary group break into a Californian detention center, rescuing immigrants held in cages while subduing, restraining and humiliating their captors. It’s a clear statement of intent from the movie, establishing a clear political position while also being […]

James O'Connor · 2 October 2025

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A Grisly Stephen King Film Adaptation Finds Hope Amid The Horror

Film review: The Long Walk In 1979, when Richard Bachman’s novel The Long Walk first released, it was read largely as a book reflecting on the Vietnam War: a conflict where young people were drafted and sent to their death with little sense of reason or purpose. The promised glory for the lone survivor at […]

James O'Connor · 17 September 2025

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Eddington Finds A Way To Re-Examine 2020

Film review: Eddington 2020 – the first year of COVID lockdowns, social distancing, and global masking – was five years ago now, but the pandemic has altered many people’s sense of time in such a way that it feels much more recent. COVID-19, of course, never really went away, but enough time has passed that […]

James O'Connor · 22 August 2025

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The Horror of Marriage Laid Bare in Together

In the Christian tradition we have always used the language of body horror to describe the implications of marriage. As early as in Genesis chapter 2 we read about marriage partners “becoming one flesh” – that’s an image that is completely at home in the same conversation as Cronenberg’s Videodrome or Brian Yuzna’s Society. Australian […]

19 August 2025

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Weapons Is A Thrilling Movie About Heavy Subjects

Film Review: Weapons At 2:17am one morning, seventeen children – all from the same third-grade class – get out of bed, open their front doors, and run out into the night with their arms outstretched. A month later, no one’s sure what happened, or where the children went, or why one child in the class, […]

James O'Connor · 14 August 2025

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Marvel’s First Family Returns to the MCU with a Stylish but Shallow Reboot

Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps Fantastic Four: First Steps positions Marvel’s original superhero team in a 1960s-inspired world, with a visual style that immediately distinguishes it from the rest of the MCU. This mid-century setting brings some freshness to a franchise in need of reinvention. But while the aesthetic choices are deliberate and confident, the film often […]

Adrian Drayton · 23 July 2025

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Superman brings back the hope we’ve been missing

Review: Superman It feels strange to call a Superman film timely, but James Gunn’s Superman (2025) lands at exactly the right moment. At a time when the world feels divided, anxious, and sometimes defeated, David Corenswet’s Clark Kent feels like the balm we didn’t know we needed. This is a Superman who doesn’t just save the day; […]

Adrian Drayton · 11 July 2025

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The Reluctant Return of Everyone’s Favorite AI Meme Generator

Review: M3GAN 2.0 Nobody really expected a little comedy horror film called M3GAN would be the breakout success that it was, but aside from all the viral dance memes and money it made, it apparently was ripe for a sequel. M3GAN 2.0 is a movie that promises high-octane chaos and high-kicks from a pint-sized sociopath […]

Adrian Drayton · 9 July 2025

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Playing God Carries a Cost

Review: Jurassic World Rebirth Set five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World Rebirth introduces a new chapter in the franchise, focusing on the intersection of climate change, corporate ambition, and the ethical dilemmas of genetic manipulation. Directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp, the film stars Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, a […]

Adrian Drayton · 9 July 2025