Big Screen :: Chappie

Die Antwoord’s Yolandi and Ninja star alongside an A.I. police robot named Chappie. Yep. Could the new Neil Blomkamp film get any stranger?

Big Screen :: Inherent Vice

“It looks and feels like nothing released right now. Like it was actually made in 1970 and just lost.” Sam Clark really wanted to love Inherent Vice, but even after reading the book and watching the film, he’s still not sure what happens…

Big Screen :: Jupiter Ascending

Sam Clark reviews Jupiter Ascending, a film about a half-man half-dog from outer space who rescues a cleaning lady named Jupiter from invisible rat monsters using some kind of anti gravity roller skates.

Big Screen :: The Interview

Sam Clark takes a look at the film that caused a hostile hermit nation to (almost) bring down a major movie studio, had the entire American cinema industry cowering into a ball, and is completely obsessed with buttholes.

Big Screen :: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Sam Clark admits that Kingsman is “a crazy, hyper-violent cartoon complete with an insane, horrifying and hilarious massacre… in a church” – but he totally loved it.

Big Screen :: The Theory of Everything

Sam Clark isn’t sure why you would make a movie about Stephen Hawking’s love life, but he went and saw The Theory of Everything anyway, because his mum always gives him a nice dinner when he takes her out to the movies.

Big Screen :: Birdman

“The look and the feel of it scream for brevity, yet the movie just keeps on going long after I got the point.”

Big Screen :: St Vincent

Sam Clark reckons ‘St Vincent’ is maybe worth watching for one reason only: and that’s Bill Murray.

Big Screen :: Nightcrawler

Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in Nightcrawler embodies everything people are told they should be – but more importantly, he’s a complete sociopath. Sam Clark recommends for fans of Gone Girl and those who thought Gyllenhaal didn’t have it in him…

Big Screen :: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Are you on Team Peeta, or Team Gale? Is that even a thing, or do we ignore those two drips and revel in the glory that is Katniss?! Sam Clark checked out Mockingjay and found only half a movie…