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The Wild Robot review – the magnum opus of DreamWorks Animation

Oct 21, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

DreamWorks has turned thirty years old this year. During that time, the studio has treated audiences to some of modern animation’s most successful and acclaimed titles, from the 3D spectacles of Shrek and How to Train Your Dragon to deeply moving 2D works of art like The Prince of Egypt and Spirit. The Wild Robot, from DreamWorks and Disney veteran Chris Sanders, blends the best ingredients DreamWorks has to offer.
A Shrine review - a moving story of morals and consequences

Aug 19, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

Does an honest life mean a good life? This central dilemma plagues Nima (Nima Sadr) throughout A Shrine, the new film by Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani. The award-winning filmmaker’s latest picture sees him take an experimental approach, filming in a technically minimalist style to produce a comedy-drama rife with contradiction and pathos. A Shrine is a sensitive and intimate portrayal of the struggle to serve others while also serving yourself.
Sunlight review - a road trip comedy about silliness, suicide and simians

Aug 19, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

Life can change in the blink of an eye. One moment, you are ready to end it all. The next, you have been whisked away on a road trip by a gigantic monkey who cracks wise and insists they are going to start a business. All the while you have a crazed old man on a bicycle hunting you down relentlessly. It all sounds, to put it bluntly, very peculiar. But comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti specialises in weird.
The Outrun review – a heart-wrenching story of addiction and recovery

Aug 19, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

When you think of portrayals of addiction in Scottish cinema, your mind may wander to the likes of James Reid’s Limbo (2024), Ken Loach’s My Name is Joe (1998), and of course Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting (1996). The Outrun, Nora Fingscheidt’s adaptation of the 2016 memoir by Amy Liptrot, is the latest film to explore this difficult issue.
Orlando: My Political Biography review – a breathtaking film about transgender experiences

Aug 7, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

“Orlando had become a woman […] though it altered their future, [it] did nothing whatever to alter their identity… but in future we must, for convention’s sake, say ‘her’ for ‘his’ and ‘she’ for ‘he’.” So reads a famous passage from Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography, one of the English novelists most well-known novels and which itself was made into a film starring Tilda Swinton in 1992.
Sorcery review – a mysterious drama grappling with colonialism and faith

Jun 24, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

A World Film Dramatic Competition nominee at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Sorcery risks being missold as a high-octane action thriller. This story is of a young Indigenous girl on the island of Chiloé in Chile in the late 19th century, who sets out for revenge after her German foreman brutally murders her father. Realising that the authorities will not aid her, she turns to a powerful collective of sorcerers for help.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy rides eternal in explosive Fury Road prequel

May 26, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

Nine years have passed since George Miller reached the stratosphere of Valhalla with Mad Max: Fury Road, a film that remains as unique and awe-inspiring now as it did back then. We have not, and most likely will not, see anything quite like it again. If Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is anything to go by, Miller seems quite content with if not resigned to that fact.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review – an operatic blockbuster that leaves too much on the table

May 11, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | Awais Irfan

Few could have imagined that a contemporary re-imagining of the Planet of the Apes franchise would have led to one of the best trilogies of modern cinema. The trifecta of Rise, Dawn, and War elevated the medium with cutting-edge motion capture and grounded, emotional reflections of our sociopolitical values. Seven years later, Wes Ball is bringing us ever closer to the events of that first 1968 film with his follow-up, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review - a titan-sized tag team rumble

Apr 5, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

The letter ‘x’ in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is silent, apparently. It is just about the only silent thing about the latest entry in the MonsterVerse, which sees the two titular titans put aside their differences to join forces against an existential threat. The follow-up to the immensely fun Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Godzilla x Kong delivers on its tantalising, action-packed promise even if the other elements mostly let the side down.
Orion and the Dark review - a surprisingly sincere and inventive family adventure

Feb 15, 2024 | outtakemag.co.uk | James Hanton

With the list of anxieties and stressful thoughts that your average Gen Z worker ant has to contend with on a daily basis, the thought of being a child afraid of the dark might feel like a nostalgic novelty. Orion and the Dark, penned by the revered Charlie Kaufman, will remind you of exactly why darkness used to be something to fear… and how you grew around your fears into the person you are today. This is much more than a fantastical story about a boy afraid of the dark.