Earth is burning, and the answer is to move the surviving population to Mars. The final shuttle ride from the doomed planet blends the humdrum with the remarkable: a mum tries to make her child understand the finality of what they’re doing and wave at their old home (“want to say bye-bye Earth? … you’ll… Aniara Read More
Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood 4 stars
Warning: spoilers ahead, so no moaning please (unless of the art film kind) It’s been called a love letter to Hollywood, though with that title, Tarantino’s ninth movie also plays into our – and Hollywood’s – love of re-booted fairy stories that have lost their original callous brutality and now finish with everyone living happily ever… Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood Read More
Hail Satan? 4.5 stars
Stirring in both senses, Penny Lane’s documentary is an authentic and witty call to arms against an increasingly corrupt and oppressive State. The Salem-based Satanic Temple’s publicity stunts have the power to shock the Religious Right while leaving the rest of us giggling silently. “How do you fuck with Fred Phelps”, asks co-founder Malcolm Jarry. You… Hail Satan? Read More
Princess Emmy 2 stars
What small child wouldn’t like to be able to talk to animals? It’s got to be more interesting than listening to parents wittering on about “the olden days” (ie 1995). Princess Emmy is what we should probably call a Horse Chatterer, a tween princess whose best friend is a horse called Ceasar. There are 24… Princess Emmy Read More
Cheesier than Waitrose’s festive deli counter, the “Last Christmas” trailer is here!
“You have thrown away your life, working in some silly Christmas shop!” THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SILLY CHRISTMAS SHOP, MISTER! I should know, I managed a Christmas department for two years, wearing musical reindeer antlers which only played Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer on repeat from September to the end of the January… Cheesier than Waitrose’s festive deli counter, the “Last Christmas” trailer is here! Read More
Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America 3.5 stars
A funeral industry expert in the US predicts significant numbers of closures of traditional funeral homes over the next few years – in the death business, it’s adapt or die. Funerals, like weddings, sure aren’t like they used to be. From tubs of Irish earth so expats can be buried in a part of their… Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America Read More
Apocalypse Now – Final Cut 5 stars
War is traditionally described as mostly boredom for its participants with short bursts of gut-wrenching, bloody terror, and this is no exception. Often into that sliver of a gap between the two states fit extremes of behaviour and personality; those people who almost seem to thrive on the chaos. Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) and… Apocalypse Now – Final Cut Read More
Blinded By The Light 3 stars
By 1987 Mrs Thatcher had been in power for eight years and believe me it felt like a whole lot longer than that at the time. As if things could get any worse, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson were mounting assaults on the UK charts. I’d tried to block all of those… Blinded By The Light Read More
The Angry Birds Movie 2 3.5 stars
It was with a degree of trepidation that this sometimes angry bird plus 2 fledglings sat down to watch Angry Birds Movie 2. I’ve never played the game, or seen the first film. Neither of my children wanted to see it. Well, if I was wearing a marzipan hat I’d eat it now (no hardship,… The Angry Birds Movie 2 Read More
Notorious (4k re-release) 4.5 stars
Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious (rereleased by the BFI in a stunning 4K restoration) pairs Cary Grant with Ingrid Bergman in a nail-biting thriller where an investigation into South American Nazi enclaves becomes entangled with the messiness of human relationships – as both the chilly Devlin and urbane Nazi Alex Sebastian fall in love with Alicia, the German-American daughter of… Notorious (4k re-release) Read More
Charming 2.5 stars
Charming positions heroine Lenore as being misguided for demanding great riches as payment for taking Prince Philippe safely through his Run The Gauntlet challenge – I prefer to see her as an independent working woman who knows the value of her skills. She even – spoiler – gives all her money away at the end…. Charming Read More
Benjamin 4 stars
A second film, like a second album, is fraught with problems, but it also offers a rich seam of jokes, especially around the double edged sword that early success brings. “Ideally I’d have just made that film and died”, young filmmaker Benjamin tells his publicist, Billie about his first movie. “Is that not a good answer…?”… Benjamin Read More
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