Alex Straker

Film Review – ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (2019)

Alex Straker 29 May 2019

Designed as the ultimate big screen monster mash but massively falling short of its early promise, ‘Godzilla: King of the...

Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman from Paramount Pictures.

Film Review – Rocketman (2019)

Alex Straker 24 May 2019

Frequently inventive, often hilarious and shamelessly feel-good, this Elton John biopic from actor turned director Dexter Fletcher is a deeply...

Film Review – ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (2019)

Alex Straker 8 February 2019

★★★★ 1/2 Barry Jenkins’s moving ‘Moonlight’ is equal parts unconventional, tragic and beguiling. Adapted from James Baldwin’s novel of the...

Film Review – ‘Boy Erased’ (2019)

Alex Straker 8 February 2019

Delving into the controversial world of gay conversion therapy and based on the acclaimed memoir, writer/director/actor Joel Edgerton’s ‘Boy Erased’...

Film Review – ‘Alita: Battle Angel’

Alex Straker 8 February 2019

An impressive visual spectacle held back somewhat by an overfamiliar story, ‘Alita’ is nonetheless a game-changing marvel, filled with seamless...

Film Review – ‘VICE’ (2019)

Alex Straker 25 January 2019

★★★★ As unconventional in style and irreverent in approach as the real life figure at its centre, ‘VICE’ sees director...

8 reasons you’ll be DYING to see ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ in 2019

Alex Straker 12 December 2018

Like some delicious celluloid Christmas present, 20th Century Fox have just offered industry insiders an exclusive sneak peak at the...

Film Review – ‘1985’ (2018)

Alex Straker 10 December 2018

Rating: A quietly emotive film anchored by commanding performances, ‘1985’ is a gentle, moving exploration of repression, fear and family...

Film Review – ‘Mortal Engines’ (2018)

Alex Straker 9 December 2018

Rating: Despite setting up a fascinating world and featuring a fantastic cast, ‘Mortal Engines’ stumbles where it should soar. There’s...

Film Review – ‘The Hate U Give’ (2018)

Alex Straker 22 October 2018

Rating: Amandla Stenberg takes on the lead role and more than lives up to the challenge in this adaptation of...

Raindance 2018 Review – ‘Kill the Monsters’

Alex Straker 10 October 2018

International Premiere Rating: Ryan Lonergan’s whip-smart comedy allegory about a polyamorous gay couple’s pilgrimage across America is a complex, razor...