Fridae

Rob Marshall pares down the Pirates franchise for a new beginning but did he throw the baby out with the bathwater?

A fantasy that is also a testament to the power of nonviolent, creative, collective action as the most potent of all instruments for social change.

Dreadfully dull, Priest is a vampire Western that disappears in the light of the sun outside the cinema hall.

It’s Hammer time and Hamlet time in Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespearean take on a Marvel comics classic.

Malaysia’s KRU studios conjures a poor man’s Conan the Barbarian.

Marcus Flavius Aquila, give me back my legions!

China joins the game with a rollicking Spaghetti Western. And yes, it’s political too.

A stirring old fashioned drama proving that “Live free and die” isn’t that bad a way to live at all.

Since when have you seen a Spaghetti Acid Western onscreen, let alone one for kids?

Disney’s animated comedy is kid friendly but highly subversive fun.