This is the third family film about mythical apes in a year, after Smallfoot and the sadly underseen Missing Link. I’m not sure that’s a bad thing though – even the most cynical child (they do exist, I used to be one) will be delighted by Everest the yeti, who when rolled up resembles a giant fluffy snowball…. Abominable Read More
Harpoon 4 stars
*** Read my interview with director Rob Grant *** The behaviour of all three characters in Harpoon veer from edgy and fearful to calculated and self-preserving. “Is he edible?” asks rich boy Richie of his friend Jonah, whose arm is going septic as they bob around on a drifting boat, after Richie’s girlfriend Sasha has tried… Harpoon Read More
Judy 3.5 stars
Despite Judy Garland’s far-too-early death at the age of 47, there’s a sense in Judy that by then her life had come full circle, and not in a good way. Interweaving her five-week engagement at the Talk Of The Town club in London a few months before her death with her teenage years in Hollywood,… Judy Read More
Peanut Butter Falcon (London Film Festival 2019) 5 stars
Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler come true. The Peanut Butter Falcon infuses its message of autonomy and risk-taking with a sense of magic – as Zak, a young man with Down Syndrome, escapes his dreary, constricting care home for freedom and adventure. As Zak (Zack Gottsagen)… Peanut Butter Falcon (London Film Festival 2019) Read More
Joker 4 stars
Gritty and grubby, garish and loud, violent and depressing, Joker is a blunt instrument of a movie – though it is a good movie. Joaquin Phoenix, as Batman’s future nemesis, is superb, his downward spiral inverted into an ascent to antihero status as Gotham seethes and then explodes. Joker has already got its own discourse…. Joker Read More
Don’t Let Go 2.5 stars
I’m sure most of us would like to alter our past to improve on our present. If I could, you’d be reading this in The Guardian, a paper that would no longer, once I’d gone back far enough with my red pen, be susceptible to typos. That’s assuming it all went to plan and my… Don’t Let Go Read More
Local Hero 4.5 stars
A Scottish fishing village. An American oil company. Bullied locals vs thoughtless big business. Local Hero looks as if it’s going to be a story about heavy-handed billionaires forcing idiosyncratic Northern villagers in chunky sweaters out of their birthright. Or it probably did in 1983, when it came out. Now the film has become part… Local Hero Read More
“All this, because of a puppy?” Me to me, after writing 4,000 words on the John Wick trilogy…
“You dip so much as a pinky back into this pond, you may well find something reaches out and drags you back into its depths”, says Winston to John in the first John Wick film, but he ignored the warning and so will we. It’s going to be a bumpy, rain-soaked night… Since the first film,… “All this, because of a puppy?” Me to me, after writing 4,000 words on the John Wick trilogy… Read More
Ad Astra 5 stars
Warning, some spoilers: so if you don’t want to know there are killer space baboons, leave now. What if, instead of finding intelligent life out there, we have to accept we’re stuck with slightly dim life down here? The urge to push forward is strong, though it’s often exploration as a deflection, because there’s something… Ad Astra Read More
Downton Abbey – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 3 stars
Click here for my full Downton Abbey review (Warning: spoilers, though it’s not really the kind of film where it matters.)
A slice of colour in the new Knives Out character posters (and final trailer)
*** read my 4-star review (it doesn’t tell you whodunnit because Rian Johnson requested it!) *** One of the mostly eagerly-awaited films at this year’s London Film Festival (LFF) has a new trailer and a batch of character posters. Knives Out is a murder mystery comedy, based around the death of patriarch and crime novelist… A slice of colour in the new Knives Out character posters (and final trailer) Read More
Blink Of An Eye 3 stars
Racing driver Michael Waltrip has an extraordinary story: a run of 462 motor races without a win, followed by a huge victory in a race which also saw the death of his friend and mentor, the legendary driver Dale Earnhardt. Paul Taublieb’s documentary is based on Waltrip’s autobiography of the same name, and is mostly… Blink Of An Eye Read More
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