*** Read my review now, plus my article about the movie and my interview with Matt and Tori Butler-Hart *** A parallel universe sci-fi filmed in Lockdown in the UK, with Ian McKellen? Bring it on! Between the two of them, Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart (the team behind ghostly siren song The Isle) kept busy… NEW TEASER: Add “Infinitum: Subject Unknown” to your watch list! Read More
Women Film Critics Circle Awards announced
The Women Film Critics Circle announced its 2020 Awards on 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day. The awards are given for the best movies over the past year by and about women – and outstanding achievements by women. And yes I am a member, part of the association of 80 women film critics and scholars… Women Film Critics Circle Awards announced Read More
Love, duty and sexual chocolate: is it happily ever after in Coming 2 America?
Spoiler-filled. Who marries who? And where? And do we finally get to hear Randy Watson singing “We are family, I got sexual chocolate with me?” [Answers: read on, read on, yes] (Or check out my 3-star review.) All’s well that ends well in Coming 2 America, with Meeka being made Akeem’s heir, and Lavelle returning… Love, duty and sexual chocolate: is it happily ever after in Coming 2 America? Read More
Coming 2 America 3 stars
30 years on, the newly-crowned Akeem discovers he has a long-lost son living in Queens. Caught between a Queens mother and a King for a father, Lavelle Junson has to learn how to balance both sides of his birthright in the new Coming 2 America, remaining true to himself while learning what it means to… Coming 2 America Read More
Mosquito bites and water sprites in Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Entirely spoilery about the whole plot, though nothing was as surprising to me as discovering that culottes are apparently pronounced COO-lots. Who knew? (My four-star review is here.) How could I dislike a comedy about middle-aged women that begins with Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand singing Guilty? Little Yoyo is singing along to the song… Mosquito bites and water sprites in Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar Read More
Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar 4 stars
Two forty-something women take a vacation to Florida’s Vista Del Mar, where they get mixed up in a plot to kill everyone in the town. Unemployed, underqualified, and over-age, Barb’s hopeful comment to best friend and housemate Star that “This town is full of places looking to hire women in their 40s!” was my first… Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar Read More
The ending of The Father
Extremely spoilery. My review is here. The Father is about the fear and dislocation of ageing and dementia, and what identity means when memory has gone. I’m not sure it’s meant to be explained; rather that the sense of being adrift in a newly changing world be felt just as acutely by us the audience… The ending of The Father Read More
The Father 5 stars
An elderly man whose memory is failing struggles to hold on to his life and his memories, while his daughter is torn over how best to help him. In The Father you never know who’s going to walk in the door but you know they’ll probably be carrying a chicken. The chicken is one of… The Father Read More
The film club is shaken and stirred by The Quake 4.5 stars
Extremely spoilery. This is a disaster film post though, so maybe even if you don’t want spoilers you should read on anyway, assuming everything will be fine, while worrying about tourists staying away. Much of the action in Nordic disaster sequel The Quake takes place in an elegant restaurant on the 34th floor of a… The film club is shaken and stirred by The Quake Read More
GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
I literally had to fly in from outer space, edit out 8,274 “umms”, and battle some light drizzle and unseasonably mild temperatures to bring you episode 2 of GERRYSTORM, the podcast dedicated to the filmography of our Greatest Living Weatherman, I mean Scotsman – Gerard Butler. This time I took on the ultimate challenge, aided… GEOSTORM: episode 2 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast
People stepping up in a crisis. A system you have no idea how to navigate, yet must. The constant threat of everything disappearing in an instant. A particularly hot lead. No not Greenland, actually yes Greenland, but also me trying to edit the first episode of Gerrystorm. Listen to all episodes here or check out… GREENLAND: episode 1 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
Caring capitalism: the I Care A Lot ending explained
Don’t say I don’t care about you lot – very spoilery. (My four-star review is here.) “Even sadistic, immoral assholes get old”, says Marla referring to Jennifer, who clearly has a dodgy past (or present). But sadistic, immoral asshole Marla does not get that chance. Capitalism does triumph at the end. Marla and Roman Lunyov… Caring capitalism: the I Care A Lot ending explained Read More
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