The Dracula the censors tried to bury! Wait, they thought burying a vampire was permanent? Don’t they even watch movies? The classic 1958 film Dracula, starring horror legends Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, is getting a re-release this autumn, featuring long lost footage believed missing for 60 years – in the definitive restoration of one… Hammer films releasing definitive Dracula uncensored 4K restoration in time for Halloween Read More
Chum 2 stars
A wedding party stranded at sea are rescued from a shark by a psychopathic killer. The dodgy Great White in Chum may be the sad offspring of a low budget and bad AI but it is never sated. Like an impoverished intern faced with trays of Pret a Manger sandwiches at their first office lunch… Chum Read More
The Magic Faraway Tree 3 stars
Three siblings discover an enchanted forest and a host of new magical friends. In The Magic Faraway Tree the Thompson family move to the countryside where the father plans to make a living with his own recipe pasta sauce, and I can tell you I haven’t felt so invested in a homegrown tomato crop since… The Magic Faraway Tree Read More
Greenland 2: Migration trailer
Five years on, the Garritys look for a new home, this time above ground. Is it really five years since the world was all but destroyed by Comet Clarke in Greenland? I didn’t quite believe it, so I looked back at my review, and even if I hadn’t taken in the date at the top… Greenland 2: Migration trailer Read More
Tinsel Town pics to get you in the Christmas spirit
And no it is not “too soon”. I do love a festive romcom, especially one set in a quaint English village full of characters from every social class, all living in lovely cottages that would cost at least three-quarters of a million, where the local status quo is disturbed by the arrival of… horror… AN… Tinsel Town pics to get you in the Christmas spirit Read More
The Naked Gun 4.5 stars
LA Police Squad scion Frank Drebin Jnr takes on an evil tech billionaire and falls in love with the sister of a murder victim. While my friends and I watched this new Naked Gun in a haze of nostalgic goodwill, I can’t see how those generations born since the original movies won’t adore it too…. The Naked Gun Read More
The Roses 3 stars
A British couple living in America find themselves at violent loggerheads when one career plummets while the other goes stratospheric. As a long-married couple look to be approaching the end of the marital road, neither will budge enough for them both to move on. Will they blow up their marriage or will it be til… The Roses Read More
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy 4 stars
Bridget, now widowed, gets back in the dating game – and finds a much younger man. Bridget is back, and she has become, dare I say it, slightly more sophisticated. Where once she slurped blue soup now she quaffs blue cocktails; and she has gained a beautiful Hampstead house, possibly accidentally swapped for her hairbrush…. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy Read More
Alien: Romulus 4 stars
A young woman and her android brother battle xenomorphs in an abandoned research station. Seven films into this franchise, Alien: Romulus manages to be both terrifying and comforting; the audience revisiting their haunted childhood home, relieved to be tucked up in their old bed even if it does levitate. There is no comfort for our… Alien: Romulus Read More
Monty Python & The Holy Grail 5 stars
King Arthur sets out on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Doing for bunnies what Benchley and Spielberg did for Great Whites, and demolishing fourth walls with the glee of a cowboy builder, the Pythons’ second big screen outing is a hoot, a meandering delight that also firmly skewers the genial pointlessness of quests… Monty Python & The Holy Grail Read More