Film Review: Sully (2016)
Right now Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks both share the quality of unfussily ‘getting the job done’ with Captain Chesley Sullenberger, the subject of…
Film Review: Blood Father (2016)
Most of what runs through the veins of the Mel Gibson-starring Blood Father seems like another ‘Old White Guy’s Still Got It’ kind of…
Film Review: Suicide Squad (2016)
In Hollywood blockbuster terms, we’re now living in an age of the cinema of moments. When you look at the biggest films out there,…
Film Review: Love & Friendship (2016)
Hiding behind the ironically bland title Love & Friendship is a whip smart, witty, lovely acted Jane Austen adaptation; one of the best on…
Film Review: Land of Mine (2015)
Beginning with the title, Land of Mine is not a particularly subtle film, but it is layered, tense and moving, and there’s much pleasure…
Film Review: Queen of the Desert (2016)
Werner Herzog is a fascinating artist. A mad genius who for over fifty years of filmmaking has used the camera to uncover new layers of…
Film Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Sometimes life can seem like an endless drag. The same old repetitive routines. The same job. The same partner. The same path with nothing…
Film Review: Bastille Day (2016)
For this review, let’s put aside the questionable taste in releasing a film – something meant to be a piece of action popcorn entertainment…
Film Review: Where to Invade Next (2015)
Throughout its short history, The United States of America has long seemed to be tearing itself apart. From the Civil War, through to the…
Film Review: Deadpool (2016)
Thousands of words can be exhausted on what’s wrong with superhero movies right now, but let’s just throw out a few. Too many characters…