Film Review – Nowhere Special (2020)
He’s a man who sees into other people’s lives. From the top of his ladder, window cleaner John (James Norton)...
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Film Review – Deerskin (2019)
It’s straight out of the 60s, a deerskin jacket with long fringes and at least one size too small for...
Film Review – Tove (2020)
They may not have reached the giddy heights of other comic strips, but the Moomins have had a remarkable longevity...
Film Review – The Surrogate (2020)
As we get back into the cinema habit, it’s almost unseemly to hark back to spring of last year when...
Film Review – Black Widow (2021)
Rejoice, ye faithful, for the Marvel Cinematic Universe is back on the big screen so get those pens and paper...
Film Review – Occupation Rainfall (2020)
The race is on to save the planet in Occupation Rainfall, an epic sci-fi action adventure featuring an all-star cast...
Film Review – Jumbo (2020)
There’s a word for the passion at the centre of Zoe Wittock’s feature debut, Jumbo. And that word is objectophilia...
Film Review – Freaky (2020)
Back in the 80s - yes, this writer always has to find some way to reference the decade of his...
Film Review – Another Round (2020)
It’s easily one of the most memorable images from last year’s London Film Festival. Mads Mikkelsen’s exuberant yet irony-tinged dance...
Film Review – French Exit (2020)
The wealthy fallen on hard times. A familiar literary trope, and one that comes with a certain built-in satisfaction as...
Film Review – In The Earth (2021)
Every now and again a movie will jolt my senses by not expecting the unexpected and being prepared for what...
Film Review – Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Number 9. Nine. The Alan Shearer of the franchise. It's somewhat miraculous that the little car film that could, The...
Film Review – Monster Hunter (2020)
Not being a gamer, I knew nothing about the world in which this adaptation takes place, in fact I didn't...
Film Review – The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)
When Ryan Reynolds played bodyguard to Samuel L Jackson’s hitman in 2017, it sounded like a dream team. Reynolds, with...