Alastair Siddons
‘Small Axe’ Review: Education
A coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, who discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents are unaware of the unofficial segre...
‘Small Axe’ Review: Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), from a young boy through his early adult years.
‘Small Axe’ Review: Mangrove
‘Small Axe’ is an anthology comprised of five original films directed by Steve McQueen, and set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, telling personal stories from London’s West Indian community...
NYFF 2020 Review: ‘Mangrove’ is a Blistering Activist Drama for Our Times
Mangrove tells this true story of The Mangrove Nine, who clashed with London police in 1970. The trial that followed was the first judicial acknowledgment of behavior motivated by racial hatred within...
Review: ‘Tomb Raider’ Falls Into Too Many Traps
Three tries in and it still seems like a challenge to make a proper Tomb Raider movie. There’s been a lot of talk over the years about how films adapted from specific video games should have lucked in...
Tomb Raider Movie Review: Franchise Fred Grabs On And Pulls Himself Up
When I played Tomb Raider 2 on by 486 PC in college, I liked it because you could jump across a gap, grab onto the ledge and pull yourself up. It always annoyed me when I missed a jump in Super Mario ...