“Done properly, parenting is a heroic act” intones Edna Mode, maker and mender of superhero apparel, and when Edna speaks we should all listen. Incredibles 2 is a film that holds a mirror up to how we live now. There’s the obvious (very obvious – at one point Elastigirl says “”Independence from screen slavery!” as… Incredibles 2 Read More
The Incredibles 4 stars
“Leave the saving of the world to the men? I don’t think so. I don’t think so…” says Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and The Incredibles movies (the sequel, made 14 years on but set immediately after the end of this movie, is out now) always manage to turn expected Superheroics on its head. Above all, The… The Incredibles Read More
Skyscraper (3D) 3.5 stars
Warning: spoilers ahead if you don’t know how action blockbusters work. Skyscraper is one of those films that manages to combine real thrills and tension with comfort blanket understanding that it’s going to follow a straightforward and successful formula. I genuinely worried about security expert Will Sawyer’s children as they tried to escape from half-way… Skyscraper (3D) Read More
“Mobile Homes” Director Vladimir De Fontenay On Home-Making, Film-Making, & Losing All His Worldly Goods
“Film-making is points of view, it’s confrontations of points of views on things. And somehow, being an observer, you’re inside but you’re also kind of outside.” Vladimir De Fontenay Mobile Homes follows young mother Ali (Imogen Poots), as she tries to escape her aggressive boyfriend Evan (Callum Turner) for a better life with her 8 year… “Mobile Homes” Director Vladimir De Fontenay On Home-Making, Film-Making, & Losing All His Worldly Goods Read More
Racer And The Jailbird 2.5 stars
When a man tells you what he is, listen, especially if he’s admitting to serious crime. Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts) tells new girlfriend Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos) he’s a bank robber, but she thinks he’s joking, and takes at face value his claims to travel for his car import / export business. Her wealthy father (Eric De… Racer And The Jailbird Read More
Kean-Who? The Doctor Will See You Now
Cleverer than all of us put together. Immortal. Millions of fans around the world. Immortal. Time travel in a phone box. Immortal. Loves dogs. Immortal. I grew up on Doctor Who. Though I can’t claim superfan status as I was behind the sofa the whole time and probably missed some key plot points. And you know how much… Kean-Who? The Doctor Will See You Now Read More
Swimming With Men 3 stars
Ahh, Swim Club. What goes in the pool stays in the… I know, I know. Plus I’m sure that must break at least one important EU health and safety directive. The men’s synchronised swimming team that almost-divorced Eric (Rob Brydon) joins does indeed have Swim Club rules. But despite cliches like this, and a predictable… Swimming With Men Read More
Mobile Homes 3 stars
*** Read my interview with Mobile Homes director Vladimir De Fontenay *** It’s part of the mythology of America that everyone can move on, starting afresh somewhere new, the slate wiped clean. Everybody deserves a second, third of fourth chance, even if in practice it often doesn’t work out that way for the very people… Mobile Homes Read More
Whitney 4 stars
A newsreader says of Whitney early in her career “it’ll take an act of Congress to keep this woman from becoming a megastar”. It’s easy to think in retrospect that a famous and ultimately tragic figure followed an immutable trajectory upwards to huge success before spiralling down to disaster; but that often only serves to… Whitney Read More
Tag 3 stars
They’ve tagged each other during a funeral. They’ve tagged each other during labour. Births, deaths – why not tag each other at a marriage too? Five middle-aged men have been playing Tag for 30 years, with the whole month of May each year dedicated to the game. It’s a way for them to cement their… Tag Read More
Winter Ridge Director Dom Lenoir On The Making Of His British Thriller
“There are a thousand examples of films outside the box that succeed on their quality” Director of Winter Ridge, Dom Lenoir Winter Ridge, a British thriller about a serial killer targeting elderly people with dementia, is going on international release this year (check out my review and watch the trailer here). Set in the fictional… Winter Ridge Director Dom Lenoir On The Making Of His British Thriller Read More
Adrift 3 stars
I’ll say straight off that Shailene Woodley is terrific in Adrift. She shines as real-life sailor Tami Oldham – determined yet full of self-doubt, footloose yet bound to one person – marooned on a drifting boat in the Pacific in the early 1980s. I’m also going to say straight off that I’m going to spoiler… Adrift Read More
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