Hello Tomorrow = G.L.

Who wouldn’t want to hop in a rocket ship and blast off to a new life on the moon? Set in a retro-futuristic world, a charismatic travelling salesman by the name of Jack Billings (Billy Crudup) leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to reignite their customers’ lives by selling dreams and timeshares on…

Linoleum – G.L.

Living the suburban life he never dreamed of, Cam Edwin (Jim Gaffigan) presents a failing children’s TV science show that airs in the severely undesirable time slot of midnight each night. His marriage with wife Erin (Rhea Seehorn) is failing just as badly, with divorce papers arriving weekly in the post, but they try and…

Gagarine – G.L.

The cinematic debut of French directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, Gagarine is a breathtaking visual experiment, tackling rivalling themes of isolation and community by exemplifying them with an authentic society. Set in the corridors, apartments and squares of Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, viewers follow the intrepid and caring Youri (Asleni Bathily) as he…

PSYCHONAUT Writer & Director Liam Rooney

The sci-fi short film PSYCHONAUT, written and directed by Liam Rooney, is set to premiere online courtesy of Film Shortage on Thursday the 17th of December 2020. In the latest edition of In Conversation With, QTAS Reviews’s Guy Lambert spoke to the director ahead of the release… Taking place at a future point in time,…

The Complex – G.L.

At the time of a global pandemic, what could be better than indulging in an interactive movie centred around the outbreak and side effects of a scientific experiment gone wrong? Maybe the experience is not for everyone, but if it is something you fancy, then Wales Interactive’s The Complex is available via gaming service Steam on PC,…

Color Out of Space – G.L.

Mandy hit screens in 2018 with one hell of a sense-assaulting bang, exploding both our imaginations and our eyeballs with ruthless and gut-busting abnormality. Nic Cage was released from his shackles (uncaged?) and soared into the upper echelons of absurd brilliance with an incredible performance that so many actors would have failed to grasp and fallen…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – G.L.

The rhythmic flow of this latest trilogy of Star Wars film has been anything but steady. Force Awakens proved a very satisfying return of the franchise to screens, opening the door to a whole new generation of fans whilst introducing a multitude of new characters and conflicted villains. Then came Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi. Critically successful, but a…

Ad Astra – G.L.

For Brad Pitt, 2019 is shaping up to be one hell of a year. Only a matter of weeks have passed since Cliff Booth graced our screens in Quentin Tarantino’s summer smash hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the star is back again, this time in the leading role of director James Gray’s sci-fi, galaxy…

La La Land – J.R. G.L. & T.A.

To go out and say that this is the best film of the year really doesn’t do this film any sort of justice given that we’re still in mid-January. But It can safely be said say that if you see a better film all year, then 2017 will have been an incredible one for film…