Cinema

Charmless and boring: James Franco as Christian Longo

To tell you the truth…

16 July 2015 1:00 pm

True Story is based on the book True Story, which is itself based on a true story, so there is…

I honestly had no idea how rubbish The Choir would be

11 July 2015 9:00 am

If heartwarming, against-the-odds, triumph-over-adversity, wrong-side-of-the-tracks films float your boat and you are in no way demanding then The Choir is…

Chorus of disapproval

9 July 2015 1:00 pm

If heartwarming, against-the-odds, triumph-over-adversity, wrong-side-of-the-tracks films float your boat and you are in no way demanding then The Choir is…

Amy Winehouse: ‘not a fake bone in her tiny body’

Masterly and heartbreaking: Amy reviewed

4 July 2015 9:00 am

Asif Kapadia’s documentary about Amy Winehouse, whom Tony Bennett describes as ‘one of the truest jazz singers that ever lived’,…

Amy Winehouse: ‘not a fake bone in her tiny body’

Eyes wide shut

2 July 2015 1:00 pm

Asif Kapadia’s documentary about Amy Winehouse, whom Tony Bennett describes as ‘one of the truest jazz singers that ever lived’,…

She's Funny That Way isn't funny at all

27 June 2015 9:00 am

The writer and director Peter Bogdanovich has made three of my favourite films of all time (The Last Picture Show,…

Maestro maker

25 June 2015 1:00 pm

The writer and director Peter Bogdanovich has made three of my favourite films of all time (The Last Picture Show,…

I dozed through it quite significantly: Mr Holmes reviewed

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Mr Holmes stars Ian McKellen as the great detective in his old age and while it could have proved a…

A sting in the tail

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

Mr Holmes stars Ian McKellen as the great detective in his old age and while it could have proved a…

Adi Rukun tests the eyes of one of the men who killed his brother

Stunning, riveting, horrifying: Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence reviewed

13 June 2015 9:00 am

With Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing you’d be minded to think that’s it, that’s the Indonesian genocide (1965–66) done,…

Adi Rukun tests the eyes of one of the men who killed his brother

Dead behind the eyes

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

With Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing you’d be minded to think that’s it, that’s the Indonesian genocide (1965–66) done,…

Completely unmemorable - even though I saw it yesterday: Queen & Country reviewed

6 June 2015 9:00 am

Queen & County is John Boorman’s follow-up to his 1987 semi-autobiographical film Hope & Glory, although why a sequel now,…

Boring Boorman

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

Queen & County is John Boorman’s follow-up to his 1987 semi-autobiographical film Hope & Glory, although why a sequel now,…

You want a sinkhole to appear and swallow them up: Simon Pegg (Jack) and Lake Bell (Nancy)

Man Up review: a film that treats female singledom as if it were cancer

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Man Up is a British rom-com starring Simon Pegg as Jack and Lake Bell as Nancy. Nancy’s problem, at the…

You want a sinkhole to appear and swallow them up: Simon Pegg (Jack) and Lake Bell (Nancy)

Stolen goods

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Man Up is a British rom-com starring Simon Pegg as Jack and Lake Bell as Nancy. Nancy’s problem, at the…

We Are Many reviewed: does anyone think this anti-Iraq War film will change anything?

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Big-screen documentaries never change the world. Blackfish has not shortened the queues to see maltreated killer whales leap through hoops…

Sexed-up pacifism

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Big-screen documentaries never change the world. Blackfish has not shortened the queues to see maltreated killer whales leap through hoops…

Seeking a berth in Valhalla: Nicholas Hoult as Nux in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

Mad Max: Fury Road reviewed - your inner 12-year-old will be in heaven

16 May 2015 9:00 am

No one goes slack-jawed in wonder at the movies any more. In our cyber-enabled times, kid designers can mega-pixelate any…

Seeking a berth in Valhalla: Nicholas Hoult as Nux in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

To the maddest max

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

No one goes slack-jawed in wonder at the movies any more. In our cyber-enabled times, kid designers can mega-pixelate any…

Top Five reviewed: Chris Rock hits rock bottom

9 May 2015 9:00 am

The oeuvre of Chris Rock may not be fully known in this parish. He was the African-American stand-up who made…

Rock bottom

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

The oeuvre of Chris Rock may not be fully known in this parish. He was the African-American stand-up who made…

Spirited but always stylish: Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba

Far from the Madding Crowd reviewed: a proper film with proper acting and a proper story

2 May 2015 9:00 am

Firstly, a message to all Marvel fanboys: there is nothing for you here. Nothing. No CGI, no endless battles, no…

Spirited but always stylish: Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba

Crowd pleaser

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Firstly, a message to all Marvel fanboys: there is nothing for you here. Nothing. No CGI, no endless battles, no…

Back to black: Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow

Avengers: Age of Ultron reviewed - confusing, undramatic, repetitive and loud

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the second film in the Avengers franchise, as written and directed by Joss Whedon, and…

Back to black: Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow

Superheroic failure

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the second film in the Avengers franchise, as written and directed by Joss Whedon, and…