Wildling (2018)
2018-04-24
I wanna tell you a story. No, not the title of Max Bygrave’s autobiography, but the opening to Fritz Böhm’s directorialContinue Reading
Love, Simon (2018)
2018-04-18
As he says in his opening voice-over, cute teenager Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) leads a “perfectly normal life” and isContinue Reading
Ghost Stories (2018)
2018-04-17
It may have more twists than a Chubby Checker convention, but to use the title of another track by theContinue Reading
A Quiet Place (2018)
2018-04-12
It’s day 89. Not in the Big Brother House or since Anthony McPartlin had a slug of the demon drinkContinue Reading
Unsane (2018)
2018-04-11
In the joy that was Misery, Annie Wilkes was novelist Paul Sheldon’s “number one fan”. That was until she tookContinue Reading
Wonder Wheel (2017)
2018-03-15
Ebbing had three billboards, Coney Island has one. And its weathered appearance and empty boast sets the tone for WoodyContinue Reading
You Were Never Really Here (2018)
2018-03-13
It’s a dog eat dog world. And the dogged assassin with the hangdog face Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is top dog. IfContinue Reading
Thoroughbreds (2017)
2018-03-10
Thoroughbreds is a dark comedy-thriller written and directed by Cory Finley; it is also his directorial debut, which is astounding,Continue Reading
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
2018-03-09
“For this thing to work,” says former wrestler Trevor “Bulldog” Bolton (Dave Johns) to his ragtag group of fellow grapplers TheContinue Reading
Red Sparrow (2018)
2018-03-07
I’ll keep it short. I only wish screenwriter Justin Haythe (A Cure for Wellness, Revolutionary Road) had. Sandwiched between aContinue Reading
Black Panther (2018)
2018-03-06
The excitement and anticipation surrounding Black Panther since word got out of its release is understandable. Black Panther is notContinue Reading
Game Night (2018)
2018-03-03
Back in the day, my friend, flatmate and fellow student aka effing Paul and I used to take turns inContinue Reading
Phantom Thread (2018)
2018-03-02
Phantom Thread has much in common with Call Me By Your Name in that both are slow burners about opposites whoContinue Reading
Lady Bird (2018)
2018-03-01
Parting, they say, is such sweet sorrow. A lesson learned by the self-proclaimed Lady Bird aka high school senior Christine McPhersonContinue Reading