*** UPDATE – my I, Tonya review! *** We haven’t got I, Tonya on release in the UK yet, but I’m really looking forward to seeing it. Partly because I can actually remember the events that took place (we Brits were glued to figures skating competitions for about 25 years thanks to John Curry, Robin… I, Deirdre Read More
Coco 4 stars
Coco is an extraordinary feast for the eyes, and rather a delight for the ears too. It’s a deliciously colourful experience, from the prettily embroidered dresses of the women in 12 year old Miguel’s family; to the glowing candles and orange marigolds filling the graveyard on the Day Of The Dead; to the Land Of… Coco Read More
Una 3.5 stars
“What do you want?” asks Pete at the warehouse where he works, when a face from the past turns up. “To see you” replies Una (Rooney Mara), the now twentysomething woman he groomed and sexually abused when she was a child. Pete (Ben Mendelsohn) was Ray then, when they ran away together (technically abduction would… Una Read More
LA Vengeance 1.5 stars
When I read the brief blurb for LA Vengeance – LA as in Los Angeles, not La Vengeance which sounds like a murderous, bodice-ripping French opera that I would definitely watch – my heart soared. A hard-ass detective’s beloved dog is stolen by gangsters and he’ll go to any lengths to get the pet pooch… LA Vengeance Read More
Gun Shy Director Simon West Talks Crowdfunding, Con Air & Tequila
“I wanted to make this film with the least amount of interference creatively and have the most control over the whole project… The beauty of crowdfunding is that almost all the money raised goes directly into the production budget and on to the screen” Simon West Film director Simon West’s latest movie, Gun Shy, was released on iTunes this… Gun Shy Director Simon West Talks Crowdfunding, Con Air & Tequila Read More
Gun Shy 2 stars
*** Read my interview with Gun Shy and Con Air director Simon West *** “Never mess with the llama… they are proud beasts!” sys a kidnapper of western tourists and would-be pirate in Chile, after a particularly obnoxious American CEO has tried to shoot one. It turns out llamas can projectile vomit at will, as… Gun Shy 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
Take That, Mr Getty!
Could it be magic? Well could it? I saw All The Money In The World today, the quickly re-shot movie about the 1973 kidnapping of the grandson of miserly billionaire J Paul Getty. Playing Cinquanta, one of the kidnappers, is actor Romain Durias. He’s wonderful in the film – a mix of jerky nerves and… Take That, Mr Getty! Read More
A Woman’s Life 4 stars
“What good are the flowers if the fruit does not ripen?” asks Jeanne (Judith Chemla) to herself early on, little knowing that this will pretty much sum up her own existence, 30 years hence. A life not even half-lived, yet alone well-lived. This film from director Stéphane Brizé, based on Guy de Maupassant’s late 19th century… A Woman’s Life Read More
Bingo: The King Of The Mornings 4 stars
“Who says the truth in Shakespeare’s plays?” says Augusto Mendes, ex-porn star, ex-soap opera extra and now kids’ TV clown in 1980s Brazil. Handsome Augusto (Vladimir Brichta) is separated from his young son Gabriel’s mother, but he’s still an attentive father. He lives with his own mother Marta (Ana Lúcia Torre), a once-famous actress who… Bingo: The King Of The Mornings Read More
Blockers Trailer: Enemas and Eggplants
*** My Blockers review *** After doing as much in-depth research as I could bear, I discovered that the title of this movie is a reference to clock blocking. So then I had to do even more in depth research to find out what cockblocking is (no I don’t know how I ended up with… Blockers Trailer: Enemas and Eggplants Read More
Chills And Chilblains In New Red Sparrow Trailer
*** My Red Sparrow movie review is up now *** The new trailer for upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow has arrived, with Jennifer Lawrence playing Russian ballerina Dominika Egorova, forced after witnessing a killing to become a sparrow, or spy. Training at Sparrow School is overseen by Charlotte Rampling, who tells her newest recruits: “From… Chills And Chilblains In New Red Sparrow Trailer Read More
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