Director Sergio Pablos’s yuletide fable is surprisingly unsentimental, considering this time of year tends to brings out as much treacle in movies as in the traditional festive gingerbread. A Santa Claus origins story, it’s surely destined to become a Christmas classic – as lonely woodsman Klaus’s unshakeable belief that “a true selfless act always sparks… Klaus Read More
Last Christmas 2.5 stars
Twenty-something me had quite a lot in common with Kate, the twenty-something heroine of Last Christmas: blonde bobs, a love of fake leopard print, and a job in a Christmas shop. As I’m now an ancient 48, you could say I’m her Ghost Of Christmas Future, and if that’s not a warning to her to… Last Christmas Read More
Mickey And The Bear 4 stars
Hank, a veteran of the Iraq War, now spend his days looking for ways to dull the pain of PTSD and his painkiller addiction. His daughter Mickey, nearly 18, looks after him, their parent-child relationship turned on its head in too many ways. A coming-of-age drama about trying to escape when others are trying to… Mickey And The Bear Read More
A Reindeer’s Journey 3.5 stars
Part informative documentary, part anthropomorphic family film, this story about the first year in a reindeer calf’s life is a captivating and stunningly beautiful journey, as reindeer calf Aïlo grows up in the ancient forests and valleys of arctic Lapland – its remoteness no protection from the realities of climate change. That anthropomorphism sometimes grates,… A Reindeer’s Journey Read More
The Good Liar 3 stars
It was the hideously old-fashioned bedside lamp in Betty’s spare room that first brought me up sharp. No way would Betty, a widow who favours silk and satin and wears an elegant dove-grey overcoat, and who collapses when new boyfriend Roy suggests a holiday on the Costa del Sol, buy that monstrosity – especially in… The Good Liar Read More
First trailer for “The Invisible Man” is here! (I think)
All those invisible women over 40 in Hollywood and they make the movie about a man. Tsk. I’ll still watch it though, in fact I’ll probably be able to walk in unnoticed for free. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, and produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, this retelling stars Elisabeth Moss as a… First trailer for “The Invisible Man” is here! (I think) Read More
Tales From The Lodge 3 stars
Arranging reunion weekends with ex-university housemates is a bit like trying to get tickets to Hamilton. At 30, you fall at the first organising hurdle when it turns out no one’s free on the same weekend for the next two years. By 40, you arrange it anyway because you know those two years will go… Tales From The Lodge Read More
Black Moon (short film) Short Film 4 stars
A film about a subway where you can clearly see the outside world at each end many not sound frightening, but knowing help may be tantalisingly close makes Black Moon an unsettling watch. A black moon refers to the second new moon to occur in one month – an unusual event, and one that, according… Black Moon (short film) Read More
The Aeronauts 4 stars
A period drama about the weather really is peak British filmmaking. Corsets and barometers – what could be better? And they get to change the world. Set in 1862, this is an exhilarating journey up, up and away; with breathtaking action and a thoughtful central relationship between a doer and a thinker, as balloon pilot… The Aeronauts Read More
Curse Of Buckout Road 3 stars
America’s long roads seem to have more spooks than GCHQ, every journey down them offering a potential encounter with a ghoul, zombie, werewolf or reanimated, stinky pet cat. Buckout Road, in Westchester County in New York State, is the latest to make you wish you’d stayed at home with a good horror film (perhaps this… Curse Of Buckout Road Read More
Monos 4.5 stars
In the midst of Monos‘s scenes of ritual, fighting and bacchanalia, we get to see a clip from a TV show about the making of gummy bears: soft enough to chew but hard enough to hold their shape. It’s a perfect allegory for its child soldiers. A film that by turns is almost hypnotically somnolent… Monos Read More
The Beach Bum 3.5 stars
A genius at geniality, Moondog, a middle-aged slacker poet with a very rich, very accommodating wife, has the life many people dream of. Most of the time he’s chilling on his boat, surrounded by equally good-natured half-naked women, who lie around smiling cheerily while he bangs away on his scarlet typewriter. (“A Van Gogh with… The Beach Bum Read More
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