Film Review: Despicable Me 3 (2017)
For various reasons, this reviewer does not generally take to films made for children (the most obvious being, I am not a child, and…
Film Review: Viceroy’s House (2017)
Set in 1947 India, Viceroy’s House is an historical drama about the handing over of sovereign rule from the British to the Indian people….
Film Review: Colossal (2016)
Colossal is the third feature film from writer-director Nacho Vigalondo, and is part comedy, part thriller, part fantasy. Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is broke, jobless and…
Film Review: Miss Sloane (2016)
It’s quite difficult to offer much by way of insight into Miss Sloane without giving much of the story away. The film relies on…
Film Review: The Family (2016)
When much of our media is dominated by fad and ‘false news’, it is quite interesting to see a film about a truly false…
Film Review: Silence (2016)
The silence in the title of Martin Scorsese’s most recent film refers to the silence of the voice of God, when one is alone…
Film Review: Why Him? (2016)
Be prepared for swearing. Be prepared for evasive parkour. Be prepared for a moose carcass displayed in a case of it’s own urine. Laird…
Film Review: Allied (2016)
Allied opens in French Morocco in 1942, with Canadian spy Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) parachuting into the desert in dramatic fashion. He is on…
Film Review: Rosalie Blum (2016)
Is there a better way to see in the festive season, than with a gorgeous and uplifting French film? Perhaps not. Last year it…
Film Review: Neon Bull (2015)
Neon Bull (or Boi Neon) is a realist and observational take on the life of cattle handlers and rodeo workers in Brazil. It is…