FILM REVIEW: Anne with an E (TV Series 2017–2019)
2021-04-06
Anne’s story is based on the 1908 novels Anne of Green Gables by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her adaptationContinue Reading
Kontora (2019)
2020-03-04
While the intrigue of Kontora, Indian director Anshul Chauhan’s Japan-set drama, may dissipate over its too long running time ofContinue Reading
Cats (2019)
2020-01-07
While some ideas appear brilliant on paper, it doesn’t always mean they’re right. Based on the stage musical of theContinue Reading
Aladdin (2019)
2019-06-03
Mere months after ‘Dumbo’ release, Disney have released another live action reimagining of a beloved animated classic with ‘Aladdin’. ComparedContinue Reading
Dumbo (2019)
2019-04-03
Magic dust is thin on the ground in Tim Burton’s liberal but low-key take on Walt Disney’s 1941 classic DumboContinue Reading
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018-12-21
Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns takes place twenty years after the first film. The Banks children have grown up and theContinue Reading
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
2018-11-16
With sequels and prequels, of which Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is both, being the second of five prequelsContinue Reading
The Grinch (2018)
2018-11-15
Watching The Grinch by the animation studio behind the Despicable Me trilogy, Illumination, reminded me of a touring production ofContinue Reading
Sing (2016)
2017-04-03
A heartwarming movie about triumph of dreams over adversity…which just so happens to be set in a world of anthropomorphicContinue Reading
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016)
2016-12-01
Harry Potter passed me by. Not on a broomstick bound for Hogwarts, but as a cultural phenomenon. On the bookContinue Reading
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016-11-04
Based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by James Bowen and ghostwriter Garry Jenkins who has also penned biographiesContinue Reading
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
2016-09-07
Quaint. That’s probably the best and most accurate word to describe Andrea Gibb‘s adaptation of Arthur Ransome‘s 1930 children’s novelContinue Reading
Pete’s Dragon
2016-08-19
Last year, Robert Redford took A Walk In The Woods with Nick Nolte in a breezy adaptation of Bill Bryson’s awfullyContinue Reading
The BFG
2016-08-09
by Peter Callaghan The delights of reading like that of alcohol came late to me in life. But as theContinue Reading