Film Review: The Mule (2018)
byAt the incredible age of eighty-eight Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down. With almost one film directed or produced every year since…
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Film Review: A Star is Born (2018)
byFollowing the 1937 original, and two further remakes starring Judy Garland in 1954 and Barbra Streisand in 1976, the current version of A Star…
Film Review: The Dark Tower (2017)
byThe Dark Tower is not a movie where you can leave your brain at the door and be bombarded with special effects spectacle. It…
Film Review: Sully (2016)
byRight 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: Warcraft (2016)
byVideo game adaptations in the movies are a strange beast. The nineties brought us the likes of Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon and Streetfighter….
Film Review: The Dark Valley (2014)
byPosing as a photographer, a lone horseman rides into a remote village somewhere in the Austrian Alps. Going simply by the name Greider (Sam…
Film Review: The Longest Ride (2015)
byThere’s nothing like a Nicholas Sparks book-to-film adaptation to send women’s hearts into a flutter. By now we’re fairly accustomed to their general premise….
Film Review: American Sniper (2014)
byDirector Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down his prolific output. His latest film American Sniper focusses on Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL…
Film Review: Jersey Boys (2014)
byA stage to screen adaptation is nothing unfamiliar to cinemagoers. Many musicals of the last forty years have made big splashes on the silver…
Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byGoyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers to a payment of gold delivered as a tax…