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 Children Act 3.5 stars
Ever wanted to rewind a particular scene while at the cinema, to try to track back on any tiny movements that might clarify intent or instigation? There’s a scene in The Children Act between Emma Thompson’s Mrs Justice Maye and Adam, a teenager recovering from leukaemia, that seems so unlikely and out of place I… The Children Act Read More
New Life 2 stars
New Life – the title has several meanings that become clear as the story unfolds – isn’t saying anything new. But it is lifted by a nicely-pitched central performance from an actress who just gets better as her character is tested to the max. As a young boy Ben (Jonathan Patrick Moore) moves to the… New Life Read More
Geostorm 3.5 stars
“Look at you, girl!” Get me a sexy bearded Scotsman who looks at me the way Jake Lawson looks at the International Space Station on his first visit there for three years. Three years, since his younger brother Max (Jim Sturgess) fired him as head of Dutch Boy, the system of protective satellites that has… Geostorm Read More
Blade Runner: The Final Cut 4.5 stars
This is Ridley Scott’s final cut, and amazingly for directors’ cuts – which usually go on for about four days and leave you thinking “what, if anything, has actually been cut?” – this comes in at a nifty two hours. Off to see the Blade Runner 2049 sequel and worried you’ll be completely lost? Whether… Blade Runner: The Final Cut Read More
The Take 3.5 stars
A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France. “Are you in love?… Are you writing a novel?… THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN PARIS?” CIA man Sean Briar (Idris Elba) subverts the cliches as he interrogates accidental terrorist Michael Mason (Richard Madden). Briar is described as “reckless,… The Take Read More
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