Stories by Damian Levy

Ladies and gentlemen, come one come all. See the strangest show of 2017. Fitting of course, since 'The Greatest Showman' is a musical depicting the rise of P.T Barnum, and his circus of colourful characters. However, while an element of surrealism...

After the end of The Force Awakens, it's safe to say the films are decidedly safe. Since its return, the franchise has remade one movie, and made another as a tangential story. So, walking into The Last Jedi, I was as underwhelmed as one can be for...

For most of the 21st century, the name Pixar has been synonymous with quality. I say most because, well, nobody is perfect.The studio's more recent missteps have left something to be desired. That something is the picturesque visuals, matched by...

After being mostly absent from the silver screen for the last two years, Thor: Ragnarok sees the return of the God of Thunder - quite unlike we've seen him before.The movie opens up with the Norse God covered in chains and describing a plot to...

It's been 35 years since Blade Runner was gifted to the world. The 1982 sci-fi noir thriller with philosophical undertones changed the face of cinema and is one of the more intelligent blockbusters there is.Since its release, many have tried to...

Victoria and Abdul tells the story in which Queen Victoria found friendship in the most unlikely of places, from a lowly Indian merchant.It is a film that will present itself as harmless, something you watch on a Sunday afternoon. A feel-good,...

After what seemed like the driest movie period in years, finally, there is something exciting happening at the cinemas. It may be a remake of a miniseries adapted from a novel, but still, it's something.Stephen King's It tells the story of Derry, a...

When a movie gets too self-aware for its own good, it can go either way. They can be fiendishly clever playing on the tropes of its genre, or it can feel like it reaches for brilliance but never quite makes the mark.The Hitman's Bodyguard might fall...

For those who declare that cinema is dead and Hollywood is out of ideas, this is another notch in the win column for you. The Dark Tower is yet another adaptation of a classic story by Stephen King. This time, instead of killer clowns and rabid dogs...