Game of Thrones series 7 was shorter in length to what weÔÇÖre used to, but in usual Game of Thrones styley, there were quite a number of twists and turns (n family lovinÔÇÖ between Ice and Fire). We had brutal deaths, zombie dragons and the collapse of the Great Wall. Our wonderful Quench contributors wrote their thoughts on the finale and the series in general: … Continue reading Spoiler Review: Game of Thrones finale
The HitmanÔÇÖs Bodyguard is the new action-comedy film by director Patrick Hughes, whose previous pictures can be counted on one hand by a person missing three fingers: Red Hill (me neither) and The Expendables 3 (yes, they really did make three). The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Michael Bryce, a disgraced security contractor who must escort his arch-nemesis, hitman Darius Kincaid, played by Samuel L. … Continue reading Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The move of our beloved Great British Bake Off from BBC to Channel 4 had sparked outcry, social media riots and branding the once-adored-by-many Paul Hollywood into the biggest snake that ever was. We said goodbye to British sweetheart Mary Berry, goodbye to the hilarious duo Mel and Sue, and goodbye to the Beeb. We didn’t quite welcome the news with open arms, it must … Continue reading How Great is the new ‘Great British Bake Off’?
ÔÇ£One of my rules was that I would not put any events into the book that had not already happened in what James Joyce called the ÔÇ£nightmareÔÇØ of history ÔǪ God is in the details, they say. So is the Devil.ÔÇØ Margaret Atwood. ┬á Since its publication in 1985 The HandmaidÔÇÖs Tale has been considered one of the most influential pieces of dystopian fiction and … Continue reading The Scary Reality of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
We have seen a lot of Spider-Men on the big screen, and by now we all know how the story goes. We know Peter Parker well – he’s a science nerd, a somewhat awkward teenager with a burning crush on Mary Jane Watson and we know he’s a misfit by day and a web-wielding crime fighter by night. And we all remember Tobey Maguire (the … Continue reading Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
EverybodyÔÇÖs favourite pirate Jack Sparrow is back with another Pirates of the Caribbean franchise film. This time ÔÇô thank the lord ÔÇô the Turner family is back in the picture, as Elizabeth and WillÔÇÖs son, Henry, seeks PoseidonÔÇÖs Trident. This magical artefact is meant to break all ÔÇÿcurses of the seaÔÇÖ, thus Henry pursues it to break his fatherÔÇÖs curse from the Flying Dutchman (avid … Continue reading Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
7 series and 160 episodes later, hit television series Pretty Little Liars had finally concluded with a finale that had everybody talking, tweeting, Facebooking and even Instagramming. Quench contributors Sarah Harris and Jessica Bragg wrote their thoughts on the long awaited final episode of I.Marlene King’s multi-award winning drama series. But be warned, spoilers ahead. The series finale made the best of a very complicated … Continue reading SPOILER Review: Pretty Little Liars Finale
Who couldnÔÇÖt love Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Especially that opening sequence, recapturing everything you loved about the first film ÔÇô fantastic music, action-packed space battles and stunning visuals! The next instalment sees Peter and the gang working as heroes for hire but when Rocket steals batteries, it evokes the wrath of the Sovereign. This causes the Guardians to crash onto a planet where … Continue reading Review: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.2
Whilst he is commonly known as a director and writer, I believe that King of X meets Y film-making, Edgar Wright, might as well be called a genre mixologist. His films never fit exactly into one category, blending together to create something that, for me at least, is pretty much always perfect. With a resume including the comedy-meets-zombie horror of Shaun of the Dead or … Continue reading Review: Baby Driver
Chapter Arts Centre‘s season last month, Girls Like Us,┬ágave us a ‘glimpse into the world of wartime propaganda filmmaking, … showing some of the best of British films that aided the war effort.’ Lucy Sanderson reviews the 1943 classic The Gentle Sex. – The irony of The Gentle Sex (1943) is palpable from the moment the cross-stitched film titles prelude the opening with the quote … Continue reading Review: The Gentle Sex
When I first saw the trailer for Life I must admit I honestly thought it would be a thoroughly shit film ÔÇô an easy pay check for some of the veteran actors within this sci-fi horror such as Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. The only reason I have even seen the film is because I was spontaneously invited by my house mates, under the false … Continue reading Review: Life (2017)
Kasimir Malevich’s ‘Suprematism’ (as pictured) represented freedom, an abstraction of worldly forms. Russian Avant-garde artists like Malevich, Kandinsky, Suetin, created a revolution rising up against traditional expression.┬áRevolution: New Art for a New World┬áprovides us with an in-depth explanation of how the rise and fall of this movement was intrinsically linked with socio-political change. Margy Kinmonth’s feature documentary charts Russian art’s movement from realism, to the … Continue reading Review: Revolution: New Art for a New World
Foreign Television Drama as a Window Into the Rest of the World: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Walter Presents Sinead McCausland If you have watched an episode of the Spanish prison drama Locked Up, the German spy thriller Deutschland ÔÇÖ83, or, say, the French political thriller Spin, all available on Channel 4ÔÇÖs streaming service Walter Presents, you will be aware of the man behind … Continue reading Interview: Walter Iuzzolino on Foreign TV Drama
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli M├ñki (2016) is a charming and beautifully stylised film from Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen; perfectly bringing the WoW Festival to a close. The film retells the true story of underdog boxer Olli M├ñkiÔÇÖs big fight with American champion Davey Moore in Helsinki, 1962. M├ñki (Jarkko Lahti) becomes distracted throughout his preparations for the match however; he has … Continue reading Review: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli M├ñki, WoW Festival
A sunny Sunday morning brimming with optimism didnÔÇÖt feel like the appropriate time to be watching Mohamed JabalyÔÇÖs harrowing film which follows an ambulance crew around the streets of Gaza City in summer 2014; but as the film progressed I realized there is of course never an ideal time to be so unapologetically presented with the images human despair that this film depicts. The documentary … Continue reading Review: Ambulance, WoW Festival
By The Time It Gets Dark follows the overlapping narratives of a group of seemingly separate individuals as their lives begin to weave together across the course of the film. An actor, a director, and a number of other characters ranging from a cleaner to a Buddhist, are all linked together across the structure of Thai society. As the director interviews actors in a … Continue reading Review: By The Time It Gets Dark, WoW Festival
W├╣lu ÔÇô Review Directed by Daouda Coulibaly, W├╣lu follows the story of Ladji (Ibrahim Koma), a likeable Malian bus conductor turned drugs smuggler, in a desperate bid to better not only his life but also his sister (Inna Modja) who is forced to work as a prostitute In order to make ends meet. As this gritty narrative unfolds, we watch as he works his way … Continue reading Review: W├╣lu, WoW Festival
I walked in the Chapter Arts theatre with no prior expectations, my knowledge of the ÔÇÿArab SpringÔÇÖ being limited simply to the date it began, 2011. Needless to say, I was blown away by the spectacle of film-making that subsequently followed. The premise of the movie rests on the riots that took hold of Egypt following July 3rd 2013, in response to the military removal … Continue reading Review: Clash, WoW Festival
Review of Collateral Beauty Director: David Frankel Cast: Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Kiera Knightley, Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Michael Pen╠âa, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore With an all-star cast and a heart-wrenching plot this film just could not disappoint. The story follows the journey of a once charismatic advertising businessman, Howard (Will Smith), struggling to come to terms with the loss of his child. Overcome with … Continue reading Review: Collateral Beauty
Walter IuzzolinoÔÇÖs series on Channel 4 ÔÇô Walter Presents ÔÇô selects the most popular, critically acclaimed television dramas from around the world, allowing anyone with a laptop and Wi-Fi in Britain to falsely feel like they are cultured through watching handpicked shows (such as SpainÔÇÖs Locked Up to Belgian black-comedy thriller The Out-Laws) for free on Channel 4ÔÇÖs streaming service All 4. Each week Sinead … Continue reading Foreign TV Review: Acquitted
