Film Review: Official Secrets (2019)
byThe American President is an idiot. The British Prime Minister is determined to push through an unpopular decision. They’re both lying through their teeth,…
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Film Review: The Aftermath (2019)
byFive months after the Nazi Empire surrendered to the Allies, Hamburg is the skeleton of a city. The promise of the Thousand Year Reich…
Film Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
byThe Nutcracker ballet has long been a staple of children’s Christmas entertainment, offering a world of dolls, mice, and best of all, dancing sweets….
Film Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
byThere must be a “franchise blockbuster checklist” that gets ticked off whenever a new movie rolls off the big studio production line. Disney’s latest…
Film Review: Collateral Beauty (2016)
byYou shouldn’t normally judge a film by its title, but in the case of David Frankel’s Collateral Beauty it wouldn’t actually be a bad…
Film Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
byFilms based on classic literature are often devoured by lovers of the genre, while the rest of the cinema-going public run as far as…
Film Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
by“Sometimes it is the people no-one imagines anything of who do the things no-one can imagine.” Thus is the theme for director Morten Tyldum’s…
Film Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
byIndeed, some patience would have been nice. The initial set-up in Adam Cozad and David Koepp’s screenplay is so rushed in getting to the point that the characters miss an opportunity to be fleshed out. However, in fairness, it’s a slick, rollicking popcorn movie with a far-fetched plot and a nice sense of humour, so probably best not to take it too seriously.
Film Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
byDespite its faithfulness, the story is dull and dreary, and neither Stoppard, Wright, nor the actors change the fact. The one exception is Matthew Macfadyen, whose comical and lively performance is a breath of fresh air amongst the turgid, boring love affair being played out before our eyes.
Film Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
byVisions of the apocalypse aren’t new in the world of cinema and particularly in recent times these stories seem to have given screenwriters new…