All bark and no bite
A Monster Calls is a fantasy drama about a young boy whose life is crap, basically. His mother is sick.…
Question time
If you were to see one film about American whistle-blower Edward Snowden — there is no law saying you have…
Question time
If you were to see one film about American whistle-blower Edward Snowden — there is no law saying you have…
You’ve lost that loving feeling
A United Kingdom is based on the greatest love story you probably didn’t have a clue about. I know I…
You’ve lost that loving feeling
A United Kingdom is based on the greatest love story you probably didn’t have a clue about. I know I…
About a boy
Indignation is an adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2008 novel and amazingly, for an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel —…
About a boy
Indignation is an adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2008 novel and amazingly, for an adaptation of a Philip Roth novel —…
Tongue twister
Arrival is a big budget sci-fi film with a smaller, more pensive, cleverer film trying to get out, which has…
Tongue twister
Arrival is a big budget sci-fi film with a smaller, more pensive, cleverer film trying to get out, which has…
Loach at his most Loach
I, Daniel Blake is a Ken Loach film about a Newcastle joiner who can’t work but faces a welfare bureaucracy…
Loach at his most Loach
I, Daniel Blake is a Ken Loach film about a Newcastle joiner who can’t work but faces a welfare bureaucracy…
Going nowhere fast – and loud
As a general rule, I would not wish to spend nearly three hours in a mini-van with young people who…
Going nowhere fast – and loud
As a general rule, I would not wish to spend nearly three hours in a mini-van with young people who…
Wrong side of the tracks
You will surely have seen the posters for The Girl on the Train with Emily Blunt staring from a train…
Wrong side of the tracks
You will surely have seen the posters for The Girl on the Train with Emily Blunt staring from a train…
White Knight
Free State of Jones is an American Civil War drama ‘inspired’ by the life of Newton Knight, who led an…
White Knight
Free State of Jones is an American Civil War drama ‘inspired’ by the life of Newton Knight, who led an…
No fear
I can’t say I care for zombies particularly or even understand them — OK, they’re the living dead, but what…
No fear
I can’t say I care for zombies particularly or even understand them — OK, they’re the living dead, but what…
A Bridge too far?
Bridget Jones’s Baby is the third outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger, whose cosmetic work to face…
A Bridge too far?
Bridget Jones’s Baby is the third outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger, whose cosmetic work to face…
Business as usual
I should probably nail my colours to the mast and state that The Office is possibly my favourite TV sitcom…
Business as usual
I should probably nail my colours to the mast and state that The Office is possibly my favourite TV sitcom…
Oven-ready
Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog is billed as a ‘dark comedy’ although it is far more dark than comic. If pressed to…
Oven-ready
Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog is billed as a ‘dark comedy’ although it is far more dark than comic. If pressed to…
