The Favourite (2018)
2019-01-05
Costume dramas are often dry affairs. All pursed lips and starched collars with the occasional heaving breast to counteract theContinue Reading
Bird Box (2018)
2019-01-05
Bar a few contrived plot twists – two strangers who give birth within minutes of one another; and the ultimateContinue Reading
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
2019-01-05
The Robert Zemeckis project of integrating life and animation into a whole world, a world in which the distinction betweenContinue Reading
First Reformed (2018)
2018-12-31
Gripping, emotional and refreshingly invigorating, First Reformed has been hailed by many critics as a directorial comeback for Paul Schrader.Continue Reading
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
2018-12-28
Black Mirror has returned! The series we all know and love for making us question our use of technology andContinue Reading
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018-12-21
Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns takes place twenty years after the first film. The Banks children have grown up and theContinue Reading
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
2018-12-19
In the spirit of Chumbawamba, Peter Parker gets knocked down, but he gets up again, and nothing and no oneContinue Reading
Roma (2018)
2018-12-19
Alfonso Cuarón’s last two English-language films, Children of Men (2005) and Gravity (2013), reveal him to be an extraordinarily giftedContinue Reading
Stan & Ollie (2018)
2018-12-19
As a comedy it’s more smile-inducing than belly laugh-provoking. As a drama it’s more restrained than gripping. As a result,Continue Reading
The Old Man & The Gun (2018)
2018-12-11
Based on an article written for The New Yorker in 2003 by David Grann, The Old Man And The GunContinue Reading
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
2018-12-07
Unlike Werther’s, it’s not original. The needle on the scare-o-meter seldom flickers. And when it does, it’s far too fleetingContinue Reading
Creed II (2018)
2018-12-05
There’s a brief scene midway through Creed 2 which explains in a poetic manner why Sylvester Stallone has jumped intoContinue Reading
Plagi Breslau (2018)
2018-12-02
If you thought Columbo was dishevelled, compared to Polish homicide detective Helena Rus (Malgorzata Kozuchowska) he is as suave andContinue Reading
Assassination Nation (2018)
2018-12-02
Sex sells. And according to writer and director Sam Levinson it is the fuel which feeds the fire of socialContinue Reading