I’m usually that person saying it’s okay to watch movies any way you can – Netflix, cinema, laptop, mobile phone. Hell, download it to your own eyeball then look for explanations in a recently-discovered ancient cave painting, if it works for you. But 2001: A Space Odyssey is one that, if you get the chance,… 2001: A Space Odyssey (Cannes 2018) Read More
BlacKkKlansman (Cannes 2018) 4 stars
There’s a big sign strung across the entrance to the Colorado Springs Police Department, encouraging new recruits from diverse backgrounds to apply. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is soon their first Black police officer, fulfilling his lifelong dream. And once there, he also joins another outfit as their first Black recruit; the local branch of… BlacKkKlansman (Cannes 2018) Read More
Girls Of The Sun (Cannes 2018) 3 stars
ISIS fighters believe that if a woman kills them they don’t make it to Paradise, which gives the female Kurdish fighters in Eva Husson’s film another layer of fuck-you on top of their extraordinary bravery, and skill. In fact leader Bahar (Golshifteh Farahani) even answers the iPhone of a man they have just killed and… Girls Of The Sun (Cannes 2018) Read More
Fahrenheit 451 (Cannes 2018) 2.5 stars
I love the initial minutes of dystopian storytelling; how a society got to this point, the new realities of everyday life, and the capacity of the human spirit to absorb horrific change without challenging it. How much do they agree? How much are they hoping someone else will save them? Or maybe they just don’t… Fahrenheit 451 (Cannes 2018) Read More
Misanthropes Assemble! The Destination Wedding Trailer Is Here
*** Read my 4-star Destination Wedding review *** If you go to friends’ nuptials dressed like Rachel Weisz in My Cousin Rachel (black bonnet, black lace veil and black silk crinoline – think “gothic beekeeper chic”) with a face like you just watched your dog eat your winning lottery ticket, then this movie is for you…. Misanthropes Assemble! The Destination Wedding Trailer Is Here Read More
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Cannes 2018) 3.5 stars
Solo is terrific fun, a blast, a movie that never feels too long. But also doesn’t quite reach the heights it aspires to. WARNING – this is slightly spoilery, including Han and Chewy, so if you want to go into the cinema in blissful ignorance about this and some other plot points, leave now, with… Solo: A Star Wars Story (Cannes 2018) Read More
At War (Cannes 2018) 3 stars
I’ll admit that as someone who hails from the North East of England I was both surprised and delighted that Stephane Brize’s latest film, about industrial unrest in France, references Sunderland, the city just south of my birthplace. Though in some ways it’s not that unlikely, as it has long been an industrial area, despite… At War (Cannes 2018) Read More
No Shade 3.5 stars
“If I’m natural I’m bush, and if I put on a wig I’m fake”, cries the beautiful and elegant Jade in frustration, as a succession of terrible dates and a broken love affair leave her reeling. A successful Black businesswoman, the twenty-something Jade is finding out that too many of the Black men she meets… No Shade Read More
Sink Or Swim (Cannes 2018) 3 stars
This comedy (its French title is Le Grand Bain) about a group of mostly middle-aged men joining a synchronised swimming team doesn’t dive that deep, and at times it’s as focussed as the random splashing when they first jump in the pool. But it’s funny, and the issues it highlights are real and devastating: unemployment,… Sink Or Swim (Cannes 2018) Read More
The Predator Trailer – Now They’re Hybrids & Not In A Good Way
*** Read my review of The Predator *** Confession time! I really loved Alien vs Predator. Ok glad that’s out of the way. Check out the trailer for director Shane Black’s reboot The Predator, below. An alien spacecraft crash lands on Earth, and is found by a group of assassins. And then, I think its occupant… The Predator Trailer – Now They’re Hybrids & Not In A Good Way Read More
Tully 4 stars
If throwing a chair is your response when someone helpfully suggests you sleep when the baby sleeps, then Tully is for you. Though if you saw a chair that didn’t have piles of washing on it, or a stack of baby books you don’t have time to read, you’d probably sit down on it and fall… Tully Read More
Hexing 2 stars
This is really a story about friendships: the unexpectedly strong and the poisonously clingy. Though here the toxic relationship in question comes not from another person, but from a board with supernatural powers, that simply wants to be friends. And when it doesn’t get its way all hell breaks loose. A young woman is waiting… Hexing Read More
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