Tag: ashley woodvine
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NETFLIX GEMS: JULY EDITION
Netflix Gems is a new segment at SQ where our writers divulge the hidden treats we have found this month that Netflix has to offer. We’ll also tell you which countries they are available in to stream. HELLION (2014) Available in: USA Written and directed by an incredible new talent, Kat Candler, Hellion is an…
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Producers
All illustrations by Chloe Leeson ‘Spotlight On’ aims to highlight the efforts and achievements of women across a range of film roles, so each month, we’ll be choosing a department to praise, where SQ writers can talk about their faves. This month is Producers. ROSA TRAN From running Adult Swim‘s puppet department to producing last year’s…
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Cinematographers
Illustrations by Chloe Leeson ‘Spotlight On’ aims to highlight the efforts and achievements of women across a range of film roles, so each month, we’ll be choosing a department to praise, where SQ writers can talk about their faves. This month is cinematographers Mandy Walker Mandy Walker is from Melbourne, Australia. Her love of photography and…
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‘Captain America: Civil War’ Reviewed by a Girl who has Never Seen a Marvel Film
*WARNING, THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS FOR ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR.* Since ‘Iron Man’ was released in 2008, and especially since ‘The Avengers’ was released in 2012, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated screens of cinemas everywhere. Personally, it has never been something that has interested me, or that I’ve particularly understood. I have never…
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REVIEW- Zootropolis: On predators, prey and cannoli
‘Zootropolis’ (released in the U.S as ‘Zootopia’), the latest animated outing from Disney, is a kid’s film with vaulting ambition. Instead of only resorting to the tried-and-tested method of inserting a few adult jokes and references into screenplay as a nudge nudge to parents, or even crafting a humour that pleases adults and children alike…
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How two of 2015’s biggest films challenged notions of authority and the accessibility of information
Artwork by Chloe Leeson “When you’re a poor kid from a poor family and a priest pays attention to you, it’s a big deal. How do you say no to God?” “Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.” Sometimes there are stories which have to be told. ‘Spotlight’ and ‘The Big Short’,…
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REVIEW- The Hateful Eight: On moral corruption, tension and Channing Tatum
Tarantino films come with a promise of violence, blood, and self-indulgence – and ‘The Hateful Eight’ doesn’t fail to deliver on any of these points. The eighth film from Quentin Tarantino is high drama, mystery and western shoved into one shaky room, with blizzard winds of a 100 years of American tension blowing around it.…
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SQ’s best and worst films of 2015
Artwork by Chloe Leeson Despite it’s general awfulness, 2015 has been another fantastic year for film, with some real ground-breaking and genre-defying films in the mix. As is tradition amongst every film-critic platform on the planet, some SQ contributors are here to tell you their best and worst of this year. CHLOE LEESON: BEST: Me,…
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Must-have film related gifts for the holidays
Given that it’s Christmas eve, it may be a little to late to start online shopping for holiday gifts, BUT Christmas can often come with the gift of sweet, sweet money and vouchers, from relatives who just really didn’t have a clue what to get you, which means that you might just be looking for…
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REVIEW- Suffragette: On the working class, passion projects and historical accuracy
‘Suffragette’ was not a film I particularly wanted to see. I went as part of a history school trip, but as it was after school, full price and technically unauthorised, it was more me feeling obligated to go to the cinema with my teacher and 4 other equally unsure students. Also, it was raining really…
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