Da Vinci died 500 years ago this year, and I can imagine plenty of children googling him after this, to check out the original Renaissance Man’s full invention inventory. You’ll probably find them surfacing hours later, an expert in ball bearings and 16th century robots. I had no idea he’d invented a diving suit… Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa Read More
All The Money In The World 4 stars
“A man who has children gives hostages to fortune” said billionaire miser J. Paul Getty’s own father to him, a maxim that is not about money but about saying or doing something that sets you up for trouble in the future. Though in this case it is both, as descendants of billionaires are obvious kidnap… All The Money In The World Read More
Call Me By Your Name 4.5 stars
Languid is a term made for Call Me By Your Name, as well-off couples and teens lounge around indulging their pleasures (food, academia, poetry, cigarettes) but meanwhile everything is happening below the surface. Literally at times, as they jump into old stone swimming pools or bring up long-lost statues from the deep of Lake Garda…. Call Me By Your Name Read More
My Cousin Rachel 4 stars
A maelstrom of accusation and arousal swirls around the enigmatic Rachel, but is she a coldly calculating poisoner or a misunderstood victim who now wants only to make her own way in the world? This is a film of wonderful performances and a did she/didn’t she story that had me on the edge of my seat, along… My Cousin Rachel Read More
Bigger Splash 3 stars
The buzz around this film promised so much but like the worst kind of lover, it over-commits and under-delivers. It’s 2 hours long when it should be 90 minutes, and by the end even the regulation nudity and shagging can’t stop you looking at your watch. And frankly my spending £10 for two hours of rich attractive people… Bigger Splash Read More