Fifteen years on from Tim Burton’s film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, the tale still makes for a powerful film. Review by Emily Nighman.
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James Cameron’s sequel thirteen years in the making, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ (2022), looks “absolutely gorgeous” but lacks the originality of the first ‘Avatar’. Review by Kieran Judge.
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Cinema and Social Justice Project short film ‘Cost of Living’ (2022) is an emotive contextualisation of our contemporary struggle through archive footage. Review by Joseph Wade.
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ (2022) is a vivid and hard-hitting reimagining of a classic story, presented in stop-motion animation for Netflix. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
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Even under the thumb of Disney rule and the passing of its creator, The Muppets produced a Christmas classic in ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ (1992). Review by Katie Doyle.
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Is Robert Zemeckis’s 2004 ‘The Polar Express’, starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Sabara, an uncanny valley nightmare or a Christmas classic? Review by Emily Nighman.
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To David Harbour’s rendition of Santa Claus in the delightfully subversive ‘Violent Night’ (2022), Christmas is about “getting violently drunk and kicking ass”. Review by Emi Grant.
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‘Juno’ (2007), from writer Diablo Cody and starring Elliot Page, remains funny 15 years on, the hamburger phone and more just as iconic. Review by Martha Lane.
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“Anyone feeling especially nostalgic for 2009 will have a field day” with Netflix’s “time machine flick” ‘Falling for Christmas’ (2022), starring Lindsay Lohan. Review by Emi Grant.
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Walt Disney Animation classic ‘Aladdin’ (1992) is thirty, and despite problematic representation remains a much-enjoyed Renaissance offering. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'