Sex Education’s conclusive series is here after a two-year hiatus, and with the show’s cast beginning to start careers elsewhere, there is an absence of what made the show so strong whilst attempting to serve an appropriate conclusion for audiences. After the closing of Moordale school at the end of series 3, the soon-graduating students…… Continue reading Sex Education Series 4
Author: Conor Riley
Conor is the Founder and Editor for Cinamore, a publication focused on giving power back to journalists. As a portmanteau of the word 'Cinema' and the Italian word for love 'Amore', Cinamore aims to highlight the love that we all carry for the art of the moving image.
Rally Road Racers
Rally Road Racers could be better in all purposes, with neither animation nor story doing quite enough to justify itself as worth watching. Riffing off both Kung Fu Panda and Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Races, Rally Road Racers directed by Ross Venokur, aims to recreate the family appeal with Zhi (Jimmy O. Yang), a slow loris, racing…… Continue reading Rally Road Racers
Scrapper
Writer-director Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper is a surreal, quirky, independent melodrama exploring the relationship between family and grief. 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) lives alone, raising herself and managing grief with the bold sensibility typically associated with adults, after being catapulted into adulthood when her mother died from an unnamed illness. Except with the arrival of her…… Continue reading Scrapper
The Role of the Critic
“Critics are nasty, jealous, jaded and bitter. They think it’s all about them. They’re know-it-alls. They want to appear superior to everyone else. They’re impossible to please. They don’t understand the tastes of ordinary people. They love to tear down other people’s hard work. Those who can do it, do it. Those who can’t do…… Continue reading The Role of the Critic
Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag
With its world premiere at FilmPride, director Isabella Walton speaks about her progressive short film, Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag, exploring its approach to gender fluidity. Izzy Aman, with all their thrusting, painting and gender nonconformity, is the Drag King act created by Isabel Adomakoh Young. In this candid short documentary, director Isabella Walton illuminates…… Continue reading Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag
Haunted Mansion
Adapted from the theme park ride of the same name and acting as a remake of its 2003 predecessor, Haunted Mansion is the most faithful version to the dark ride attraction, even if it sacrifices the art of telling an enjoyable story to do so. Starring LaKeith Stanfield, the 2023 Haunted Mansion swaps Eddie Murphy’s…… Continue reading Haunted Mansion
Oppenheimer
A visually stunning epic about the splitting of the atom. An utter shame, then, that its moral judgement is lost in favour of a toxic white male narrative. “Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”, so ripples J. Robert Oppenheimer across time. His words immortalised as both warning and an apology for his…… Continue reading Oppenheimer
Barbie
Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until there was Barbie. Ever since Barbies were invented, they have served as a way to allow children to express their imagination through the toy. Initially conceived for children to…… Continue reading Barbie
Black Mirror: All Episodes in Season 6 Ranked
Black Mirror is back after a hiatus, written as usual by Charlie Brooker. The anthology show, revelling in its twists, predominately grew in popularity for its intellectual dissection of society’s reliance on technology or for its reflection of our own world. Black Mirror’s sixth season, containing five episodes, features an interntaionally stellar cast including Salma…… Continue reading Black Mirror: All Episodes in Season 6 Ranked
Doctor Who: Bonnie Langford Returns as Melanie Bush
Star of stage and screen Bonnie Langford will again reprise her legendary role as Melanie Bush as she returns to Doctor Who, starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa, who plays the Fifteenth Doctor in the new series. Bonnie Langford first entered the world of Doctor Who in 1986 as the companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors,…… Continue reading Doctor Who: Bonnie Langford Returns as Melanie Bush