Very spoilery! If you’re looking for my Finch review, it’s here. Sand, sand, as far as the eye can see… a hero with a very ordinary name… No not that one. I said in my review that Finch is about life going on, one generation handing over the baton to the next when they know… There’s hope for humanity yet: Finch recap Read More
She was always a Spencer!
Very spoilery, of course. If you’re after my Spencer review, it’s here. “Go! Run!” Spencer is about a three-day period one Christmas in the early 1990s. Diana is joining the rest of the royal family at Sandringham (one of the Queen’s houses) in Norfolk; she and Charles are not yet separated. It’s an imaged series… She was always a Spencer! Read More
Spencer 3.5 stars
Princess Diana joins the Royal family for Christmas at Sandringham. I have had an uneasy if entirely one-sided relationship with Princess Diana for nearly 40 years now, ranging from bafflement to astonishment to sympathy. I’m not sure this film really changes things, so used to her reappraisal am I now. In Pablo Larraín’s icily beautiful… Spencer Read More
Finch 4 stars
A man, a robot and a dog form an unlikely family in a dead world. There’s a scene in Finch where lanky robot companion Jeff, wearing a massive parka he’s found on a scavenging trip, stands alone in the rain — while his maker, Finch, stomps off angrily to the RV in which they are… Finch Read More
Moonfall trailer: the Moon is not what we think it is!
Earth in peril: check. Famous landmarks in tatters: check. Looters out in force: check. Desperate “GET TO HIGHER GROUND!” instructions: check (not sure how that works, surely you’re then nearer the actual Moon, which is heading towards you?). Three plucky astronauts, leaving Earth to save it: check. The Moon turning out to be hollow: ch…… Moonfall trailer: the Moon is not what we think it is! Read More
Boxing Day trailer: does true love triumph?
And who is Melvin actually in love with: Lisa or Georgia? We’ll have to wait until 3 December to find that out, though judging by this trailer the movie itself fulfils my strict but simple rules for a fantastic festive film. To stop me going all bah humbug on exhausted moviemakers, they need to provide… Boxing Day trailer: does true love triumph? Read More
Time to welcome the Unwelcome trailer
There are hungry little people in the garden and if they don’t get fed you’ll pay for it… No not my children, but redcaps (goblins!) who apparently won’t cause any bother as long as you do what they demand. Here’s the synopsis: Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland… Time to welcome the Unwelcome trailer Read More
Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer
*** Read my review and (very spoilery) article here *** Honestly, when I saw this photo I thought we ’80s kids were finally getting the Pepsi and Shirlie biopic we’d been hoping for. But no, that *is* Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga, The Queen) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious 7) who have joined the cast of Last… Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer Read More
COPSHOP: episode 9 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
Trying to stay a day ahead of the devil, this time we’re delving into Gerard Butler’s latest release, the funny, bloody and bullet-strewn B-movie delight that is Copshop. Butler plays “legendary” Bob Viddick, a hired and highly skilled assassin, though he’s not very Wick-like. Smelling “like the devil’s’ asshole”, Bob doesn’t see killing as an… COPSHOP: episode 9 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
Ear we go! New trailer for festive fable Robin Robin
“The rules of the sneak are simple and thus. Follow them close you can steal a crust. Or a crumpet rind, or a pinch of pie, or the grease from the tip of a soggy french fry!“ Do not follow that advice, kids, you’ll end up in jail and miss Christmas altogether. This is from… Ear we go! New trailer for festive fable Robin Robin Read More
ARGHHH! The trailer for Scream is here
That’s Scream 5, though it is simply called Scream, and is a sequel rather than a reboot. I can’t remember a whole lot about the first four films, including how many of them I’ve actually seen, but even I can recognise the intro to this trailer. It’s all updated with new technology, though while focusing… ARGHHH! The trailer for Scream is here Read More
Munich — The Edge Of War: first images
When I first heard about this film (today, admittedly) my immediate thought was “please let it be Jeremy Irons to play Neville Chamberlain!” and well, here we are. And there he is, waving the infamous “piece of paper”. Chamberlain was British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940 (WW2 broke out in 1939), and pursued a… Munich — The Edge Of War: first images Read More