We’re in Casablanca in French Morocco and everyone is getting ready for the ambassador’s party. And it does seem like a lot of effort just for some vol-au-vents and a tray of Ferrero Rocher. Maybe there’s not much going on entertainment-wise in French Morocco, there is, after all, a war on. It’s 1942 and Max Vatan… Allied Read More
A Christmas Horror Story 4 stars
Bailey Downs is one of those towns you really, really want to keep away from. Bailey Downs had two horrific murders exactly one year ago in the high school basement. But worse than that, their nighttime DJ on their local radio station is William Shatner. Talk about bad chi in Bailey Downs. Like Albert Square… A Christmas Horror Story Read More
The Night Before 3.5 stars
All these ghosts appearing, from Christmases Past, Present and Future. The Night Before is a New York version of A Christmas Carol but with what Chris describes as “pseudo racist fake-ass acrylic sweaters”, trying to take off his obligatory Christmas jumper when an annual Christmas Eve night out starts disintegrating into recrimination and desperation. It’s… The Night Before Read More
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 4 stars
Hunt for the Niffler – if that’s not already the name of a Great American Rock Band it certainly should be. And if you ever meet a niffler you will fall in love with it, even as the little critter is stealing the gold necklace your granny left you. And that title. So much more evocative than the usual boring stuff about lemon drizzle… Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Read More
Krampus 3.5 stars
Mislay your Christmas spirit and Krampus himself will come after you – helped by murderous elves, killer gingerbread men and terrifying toys. His name may sound like a branded paracetamol for period pain but actually it’s much more agonising than that, as this evil “Shadow of Christmas” punishes you for not being cheery enough. Talk about forcing jollity on… Krampus Read More
The Babadook 4.5 stars
As six year old Samuel’s doctor says, “all children see monsters”. Or hear them, under the bed and on the stairs. It’s a response to something they can’t control, and a way of making sense of big events in their lives. Most aren’t stalked through the darkness by a terrifying black hatted figure who wants… The Babadook Read More
Big Hero 6 4.5 stars
I took my two boys to see Big Hero 6 at the kids’ club cinema this weekend and we all loved it. It’s funny, touching, sad, exciting, and beautifully animated. I love films that create a world that is still partly recognisable and San Fransokyo is exactly that. Yes I know Big Hero 6 came out two years ago… Big Hero 6 Read More
A Street Cat Named Bob 3 stars
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat. *** Read my review of the sequel, A Christmas Gift From Bob *** Based on a true story about a young man’s… A Street Cat Named Bob Read More
American Pastoral 2.5 stars
An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of ’60s America. I don’t often pick up Great American Novels. Mainly because they’re so heavy and I can’t risk putting my back out. They’re like bricks. You could build a new America… American Pastoral Read More
Breakfast Club 3.5 stars
I like to think of Breakfast Club as happening a few hours before Fight Club, a place where everyone gets all the talking they can’t do about Fight Club out of their system, as all anyone seems to do on Breakfast Club – apart from a brief interlude dancing round the study hall to “We… Breakfast Club Read More
Arrival 5 stars
Warning: slightly spoilery. Arrival is challenging yet comforting science fiction and frankly it’s about time. And language – Captain Cook, keen to know the name of the bouncy animal with the pouch, asked a group of Aborigines. Kangaroo they replied, and so it became, though actually kangaroo turned out to simply mean “I don’t know”…. Arrival Read More
Movie 43 1 stars
The worst film ever made. That’s what Movie 43 is known as. Which I think is unfair as it isn’t the very worst film ever made. (I can say that with some authority as I’ve seen Home Alone 4). It is bad though. A collection of 15 shortish sketches, the US version released in cinemas… Movie 43 Read More
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