Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
2019-05-07
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile has great potential: a true crime story that continues to fascinate millions, the charmingContinue Reading
Red Joan (2019)
2019-04-20
The first time we see Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) she is pruning her bush. Garden shrub, not lady flower. InitialContinue Reading
The White Crow (2019)
2019-03-01
Rudolph Nureyev was brought up in the grim Soviet town of Ufa. A chance outing to the opera at ageContinue Reading
Let Me Fall (2018)
2019-02-25
Let Me Fall, Baldvin Zophoniasson’s third feature, is aptly named, as Baldvin Z chooses to portray addiction in a wayContinue Reading
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
2019-02-04
After a succession of duds – none more wince-inducing than The Happytime Murders – if you had offered me aContinue Reading
Green Book (2018)
2019-01-31
Inspired by the unlikely friendship between a graceful black musician and a streetwise white bouncer, and taking its name fromContinue Reading
Vice (2018)
2019-01-28
Since his directorial debut with Anchorman back in 2004, Adam McKay’s transformation into one of Hollywood’s most celebrated and interestingContinue Reading
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
2019-01-23
So there we have it: all men are bastards. Or as Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie) more eloquently put it:Continue Reading
The Favourite (2018)
2019-01-05
Costume dramas are often dry affairs. All pursed lips and starched collars with the occasional heaving breast to counteract theContinue Reading
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
2019-01-05
The Robert Zemeckis project of integrating life and animation into a whole world, a world in which the distinction betweenContinue Reading
Stan & Ollie (2018)
2018-12-19
As a comedy it’s more smile-inducing than belly laugh-provoking. As a drama it’s more restrained than gripping. As a result,Continue Reading
Outlaw King (2018)
2018-11-17
Tired of running and hiding from his English oppressors, Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) uses the unforgiving land and unpredictableContinue Reading
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
2018-10-26
With a 12A certificate, Bohemian Rhapsody by the Oscar-nominated writer of Darkest Hour and The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten,Continue Reading
First Man (2018)
2018-10-17
Sometimes, an actor, through talent and charisma, can elevate a good film to excellent and an excellent film to great.Continue Reading