Cafe Society (2016)
2016-09-14
It’s all a bit dinner jazz. It’s all a bit beautiful blondes bathed in golden sunshine. It’s all a bitContinue Reading
Hell or High Water (2016)
2016-09-13
Two themes run deep. The first, Native Americans lost their land to The White Man who in turn lost theirContinue Reading
Don’t Breathe (2016)
2016-09-10
One of those films that starts a little bland and ends with leaving the cinema not knowing whether to laugh,Continue 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
War Dogs (2016)
2016-09-07
War Dogs – those who become involved in warfare for purely personal gain. Based on the 2011 Rolling Stone’s articleContinue Reading
Sausage Party
2016-09-06
Some movie titles lend themselves perfectly to pornographic pastiches. Shaving Ryan’s Privates being a notable example. Along with Seven RidesContinue Reading
The Purge: Election Year
2016-08-31
The year is 2022. An American presidential election is in full swing. In the red corner, Minister Edwidge Owens (KyleContinue Reading
Finding Dory
2016-08-26
The Oscar-winning Finding Nemo passed me by – no kids, no reason, no go. But given the critical acclaim andContinue Reading
David Brent: Life On The Road
2016-08-24
If you tippex out all memory of Ricky Gervais, file The Office in a tray marked “Pending” and come toContinue Reading
Lights Out
2016-08-20
Lights out, time for sex. Or rather a contrived theory about how the composition and journey of an orgasmic spurtContinue 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
Nerve
2016-08-19
by Peter Callaghan Think Unfriended meets The Running Man in that “Players” of Nerve, a new social media-based game of truth orContinue Reading
The Shallows
2016-08-16
by Peter Callaghan The clue is in the title: lacks depth. That, and the obvious similarities with Jaws, together withContinue 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