*** Check out my interview Jakob Cedergren, star of The Guilty *** “I have blood on my hands” says a character in the taut and dread-filled Danish thriller The Guilty over the phone, and it’s a chilling moment. We don’t see any of the fear or horrors that unfold in the movie, as all the dialogue –… The Guilty (London Film Festival) Read More
Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars
Assassination Nation – a noisy, bloody allegory for modern society – may feel like being whacked over the head by a righteously raging My Little Pony, but it’s also hugely entertaining. One of the problems with fighting back against a resurgence like Trump’s is that eventually people just get bored. They know he’s awful already. You… Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) Read More
Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop
UPDATE 21 Feb 2019: Watch the second Rocketman trailer and featurette And rejoice (while singing Tiny Dancer) as for once a movie life story doesn’t have to lead to a Twitter pile-on about how to pronounce biopic. (Bio-pic? By-OHH-pic?) Because the upcoming Elton John film is being billed as a “true fantasy”. So instead let’s… Rocketman Teaser: More Spangles Than A Misremembered ’70s Sweetshop Read More
Holmes & Watson Trailer Is Certainly Elementary
UPDATE: Read my Holmes & Watson review now. Our queens have to put up with a lot when meeting the Great British Public, but Victoria’s audience with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson at Buckingham Palace must stretch even her reserves of decorum to breaking point. She’s probably the only person who could maintain that blank… Holmes & Watson Trailer Is Certainly Elementary Read More
“Dusty & Me” Star Luke Newberry On Fitting In, Flares & “In The Flesh”
“Someone told me a quote about ‘being comfortable being uncomfortable’ and I think that was the best little nugget of advice I got” says Luke Newberry, about coping with the insecurity of an actor’s life. Though he went straight from drama school to filming Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, then had a real introduction to… “Dusty & Me” Star Luke Newberry On Fitting In, Flares & “In The Flesh” Read More
The Gospel According To André 3.5 stars
Fashion, that most ephemeral thing, is to some akin to a religion, its best prophets dazzling us with catwalk collections that inspire devotion and reverence. Though genuine divinity too weaves through this documentary about icon André Leon Talley (already I’m co-opting the language of churches and saints). Talley – fashion writer, editor and expert on… The Gospel According To André Read More
Dusty & Me 2.5 stars
Dusty & Me is beautifully staged (it’s set in the 1970s, and looks of its time without being drenched in memorabilia), though one design element did grate. It was the Del Monte tinned fruit cocktail the family had for their tea one night, where I spotted a pink cherry in each bowl. No way did one… Dusty & Me Read More
A Simple Favour 3 stars
*** Not sure I can ever claim a review is entirely spoiler-free, but I haven’t included the twists and turns *** Much like at-a-crossroads suburban mom Stephanie, A Simple Favour is a film that tries on different outfits, unsure what it really wants to be. It certainly ticks a lot of boxes: thriller, comedy, satire, crime… A Simple Favour Read More
Destination Wedding 4 stars
Trading endless insults, or sitting in un-companionable silence, anyone watching Frank and Lindsay would think they had been married for years. Actually they’ve only just met. It’s en route to the wedding of her ex-fiance Keith that Lindsay (Winona Ryder) encounters the ferociously bitter Frank (Keanu Reeves), Keith’s half-brother. Thrown together for a weekend of… Destination Wedding Read More
The Predator 3 stars
The predators in Shane Black’s latest entry in the franchise are big game hunters, tracking and killing for sport – and we’re the prey. They hunt for fun, and for DNA, stalking the galaxy for the best of each species. At least if only humanity’s finest are in their sights I’m probably ok. (I mean,… The Predator Read More
Etruscan Smile (Boston Film Festival) 3.5 stars
Most of the characters in The Etruscan Smile are stuck in their ways, though Emily (Thora Birch) – who could easily be the most caricatured of all, with her diarised mothering, “autonomous baby”, and cry-it-out sleep training – is actually the one most prepared to accept she might have made a mistake. Her husband Ian (JJ… Etruscan Smile (Boston Film Festival) Read More
Padre 3.5 stars
“The space behind you is as important as the one in front of you” says James (Willem Dafoe), guiding his female performers as they rehearse his new play. It’s a good analogy for grief and death as journeys. I’ve found that when it comes to grief, once that initial crushing of the ribs has lessened,… Padre Read More
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