The artificial dialogue clashes with the austere realism of director Justin Kurzel's approach, but Macbeth should be seen for its striking horror style and Michael Fassbender's mentally-scarred take on the title character.
One of the great things about cinema is its ability to transport you to places you've never seen and into situations you've never experienced. In a darkened room at the local multiplex, a viewer can be taken to those hard-to-reach parts of the globe that they'd otherwise never visit, placed in a scenario they never dreamed of finding themselves in.
Ridley Scott may currently be doing the press rounds to promote his latest film, The Martian, but that hasn't stopped him from getting the wheels in motion for his next project. The follow-up to 2012's Prometheus, now titled Alien: Paradise Lost, is already lined up as Scott's next film as director, and will - as indicated by the title - have connective tissue with both Prometheus and the Alien franchise.
