UPDATE: my review is now live “Wednesday, don’t forget to kick your father goodnight” The first trailer for the new animated Addams Family movie has arrived and it looks fun – grimly amusing with good characterisation, if not rip-roaringly hilarious (from the 90 seconds we’ve seen so far anyway). And I did love the illustrations of… The Addams Family, valued Read More
“We’re the Avengers. We gotta finish this” NEW film clip, press conference & more
*** Review now live – read it here*** It’s only two weeks until the release of Avengers: Endgame. We’ve seen the Marvel posters showing which of the Avengers did and didn’t survive Thanos’s Snap. And there were plenty of empty seats on stage at the global press conference last weekend. At the press conference were… “We’re the Avengers. We gotta finish this” NEW film clip, press conference & more Read More
Pet Sematary (2019) 3 stars
Nothing sums up the difference between city and country in Pet Sematary better than the story of the reanimated prize bull. The people of Ludlow in rural Maine combine practicality and belief in old legends, encapsulated by the tale of a local farmer who used a supernatural burial ground to bring back his most valuable animal…. Pet Sematary (2019) Read More
Valley Of The Dolls 2 stars
I knew the clothes would be terrific when I spotted Handbags by… in the opening credits. And it’s the outfits (along with the unintentionally fevered atmosphere) which stretches this film up to two stars. Small town girl turned New York secretary turned Hollywood model Anne Welles is elegant in a yellow maxi dress, a tight… Valley Of The Dolls Read More
PosterSpy Annual Portfolio Review: Winners Exhibition
PosterSpy’s first ever alternative poster art Portfolio Review launches this Friday in London. Their event runs Friday to Saturday (5th and 6th of April), in London’s Old Street Gallery in Shoreditch (see below for location details). Entry is FREE. PosterSpy is an online hub where poster artists around the world get to design their own alternative… PosterSpy Annual Portfolio Review: Winners Exhibition Read More
The Vanishing 4 stars
Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance. There’s a brutal scene half-way through The Vanishing, director Kristoffer Nyholm’s “what if?” take on the Flannan Isle mystery. It’s a fight between lighthouse keepers James Ducat (Gerard Butler) and Thomas Marshall (Peter Mullan), and two violent… The Vanishing Read More
The Jim Jarmusch zombie trailer is hilarious and I’m dead (for now anyway)
*** My 3.5/5 review is now live *** The Dead Don’t Die trailer is an absolute hoot (or maybe a werewolf-y howl). Watch sheriff Adam Driver saying “Ghouls!” over and over (and over and over). Or mortician make-up artist Tilda Swinton accusing two awakening bodies she’s been working on “are you in this together?” in a Scottish accent…. The Jim Jarmusch zombie trailer is hilarious and I’m dead (for now anyway) Read More
Cotton Wool (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars
A single mother suffers a devastating stroke, leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her. There are a couple of statistics that pop up at the end of Nicholas Connor’s short film Cotton Wool. The first, on the number of young carers in England and Wales (243,000) is shocking enough. The second is… Cotton Wool (Short Film) Read More
Dumbo (2D) 2.5 stars
Never let a mother hear you call her baby ugly. Like elephants, we never forget. Poor Dumbo (though at this point he’s just known as Baby Jumbo) is a disappointment when he’s born, looks-wise. Maximilian Medici, owner-ringmaster of the Medici Brothers Circus, is expecting the little elephant to make him a fortune, but those enormous… Dumbo (2D) Read More
Wild Rose 4 stars
Wild Rose is about realising that to find your own dream you first have to find your own voice. Director Tom Harper gets us to that dream via a cracking script from Nicole Taylor and a barnstorming and profoundly moving performance from Jessie Buckley as the fresh-out-of-jail country singer Rose-Lynn. With two children by the time… Wild Rose Read More
Wonder Park 3 stars
If you’re watching the British version of Wonder Park you’re in for a treat, as the legendary Tom Baker is playing Boomer the blue bear. It’s a perfect nod to nostalgic parents of a certain age (ie my age), and he certainly adds a (sorry) booming warmth to proceedings. “Use it or lose it” could… Wonder Park Read More
Out Of Blue 3 stars
“Observation changes the result” we find out in Carol Morley’s timely thriller Out Of Blue. It’s a theory in physics, but it’s also interesting because of what it says about art and its audience. This is, the opening titles state, “a Carol Morley film”. Though maybe it isn’t any more? That’s a side issue though,… Out Of Blue Read More
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