Big Screen

The Edge of Seventeen could have been set at James Ross' high school, if everyone at his high school was incredibly good looking and had six-pack abs.

In a galaxy far far away, a rich and exciting universe is filled with boring characters and a by-the-numbers plot. James Ross reviews the new Star Wars film, Rogue One.

'Your Name' might not be the next Miyazaki film, but it has plenty of heart and a pop punk soundtrack to make your teenage self giddy.

Although he's definitely not the target audience and the movie has literally no substance or plot, Sam Clark still loved a lot about Magic Mike XXL.

FBi's resident film reviewer Sam Clark can't help but feel all the rough edges have been sanded off of Maya Forbes' true-life story Infinitely Polar Bear.

FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark suspects Neill Blomkamp got hold of incriminating pictures of studio executives to convince Sony Pictures to fund his hyper-violent film about a robot baby called Chappie.

Despite the great scenes and awesome characters, FBi's film reviewer Sam Clark thinks two and a half hours is still an awful lot of time to invest in a movie that doesn't go anywhere like Paul Thomas Anderson's offering Inherent Vice.

FBi's resident film reviewer Sam Clark appreciates The Wachowskis letting their freak flag fly in Jupiter Ascending, even if they did neglect an opportunity to stick the blockbuster-making "rise" into their title.

FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark is amazed at the controversy around a movie with such a focus on buttholes and pooping as Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan's The Interview.

FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark's sweet spot is hit so hard by Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service that he is concerned that others may not have the same experience as he did.

FBi's movie critic Sam Clark wonders why you'd make a movie that focuses on Stephen Hawking's love life while watching James Marsh's film The Theory of Everything.

Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance is a movie I thought was great, yet somehow irritating at the same time.

Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler embodies everything people are told they should be - but more importantly, he's a complete sociopath. Sam Clark recommends for fans of Gone Girl and those who thought Gyllenhaal didn't have it in him...

Chris Nolan's new movie Interstellar is ambitious and huge, really weird and badly flawed... and Sam Clark loved it.

Fury is one of those movies where horrible people to horrible things to even more horrible people. It's grim and humourless and gory. Okay?

Three vampires live in a sharehouse in Wellington. Hilarity ensues. Our movie guy Sam Clark reviews 'What We Do in the Shadows'... sink your teeth into this one.

Boyhood is a film that wholly encompasses growing up, and was literally filmed over the course of the main character's life. And it took our movie guy Sam Clark on a nostalgic journey of his own. A must see.

Sam Clark went to see the new Nic Cage movie. No wait, this is a Nick Cave movie...

There is no doubt in Sam Clark's mind that Edge Of Tomorrow looks awful… but could it actually be the first good movie informed by video games?

Sam Clark reckons the new X Men cast is the cinematic equivalent of spending a fortune on lobster, then mincing it, burning it and eating it with that cheese that comes in a can.