Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
2017-11-09
Not being an Agatha Christie aficionado, and having missed previous screen adaptations including the much-lauded 1974 movie starring Albert Finney,Continue Reading
Jigsaw (2017)
2017-11-08
To dismiss the eighth instalment of the Saw movie franchise with a withering “move along, nothing new to see here”Continue Reading
The Death of Stalin (2017)
2017-11-06
“I know the drill: smile, shake hands, try not to say ‘c**t’.” No, not Prince Philip backstage at the Royal VarietyContinue Reading
Breathe (2017)
2017-10-29
Hot on the heels (or rather wheelchair treads) of Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar-winning turn in The Theory Of Everything, based uponContinue Reading
The Snowman (2017)
2017-10-27
Given the critical mauling received by The Snowman, my rhyming synopsis and withering opening was prepared in advance: “Film withContinue Reading
Happy Death Day (2017)
2017-10-27
Without giving too much of the paper-thin plot away (think Groundhog Day meets high school slasher), screenwriter Scott Lobdell hasContinue Reading
Botoks (2017)
2017-10-27
If the plot of Polish writer and director Patryk Vega’s latest film Botoks is, as the opening credits suggest, “basedContinue Reading
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
2017-10-27
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner has had more cuts than a Scotland supporter’s wrists. Brace yourself: the Work-print cut, the San Diego sneakContinue Reading
Dunkirk (2017)
2017-08-22
Silence and brevity. Two words never used to describe the Second World War, particularly Operation Dynamo in which over 300,000Continue Reading
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
2017-07-25
“This wall is madness. It won’t save him any more than it will save you.” No, not a soundbite fromContinue Reading
The Beguiled (2017)
2017-07-25
“Edwina,” says the eponymous head of the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies (Nicole Kidman) to her obedient teacher (KirstenContinue Reading
Chewing Gum TV Series (2015– )
2017-07-25
Just get your wings out! by Mireia Prats No matter how hard your day has been. How loudly that babyContinue Reading
The House (2017)
2017-07-16
Lyrics from the opening and closing tracks of director Andrew Jay Cohen and his writing partner Brendan O’Brien’s The HouseContinue Reading
My Life As A Courgette (2017)
2017-07-16
An hour-long animation with a PG certificate. I know what you’re thinking: talking fish, feel-good songs and they all livedContinue Reading