Family and friends meet for one last Christmas, before the world ends. Coming in at a pacy hour and 30 minutes – a length many can only dream of when it comes to family Christmas dinners that feel like the end of the world — Silent Night bounces along until almost the end; beautiful, bitterly… Silent Night Read More
Last Train To Christmas 3 stars
Nightclub owner Tony Towers, on a train with his fiancée on Christmas Eve 1985, sees how his life might have been if he had made different decisions along the way. The synopsis of Last Train To Christmas made it sound like a mash-up of A Christmas Carol, Snowpiercer, Sliding Doors and The Hitman And Her… Last Train To Christmas Read More
A Castle For Christmas 3 stars
An American author finds love when she travels to Scotland to visit the childhood home of her late father. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an impecunious British aristocrat with a freezing castle must be in want of a rich American wife, even if he doesn’t know it yet. In A Castle, A Castle,… A Castle For Christmas Read More
Home Sweet Home Alone 2 stars
A young boy is left alone over Christmas, while a couple try to steal back from him a valuable heirloom. I watched this and civilisation did not collapse. Great nations did not fall. Untranslatable ancient scrolls did not crumble to dust. Also, parts of it I actually quite enjoyed. When Home Sweet Home Alone was… Home Sweet Home Alone Read More
Yield To The Night 5 stars
A young woman awaiting her execution for murder looks back on the circumstances that led her there. Very spoilery, if you’ve been trying to avoid them since 1956. “I don’t think you should write about love unless you’re a poet. It sounds silly,” opines doomed convicted murderer Mary Hilton (Diana Dors), of the stream of… Yield To The Night Read More
Spencer 3.5 stars
Princess Diana joins the Royal family for Christmas at Sandringham. I have had an uneasy if entirely one-sided relationship with Princess Diana for nearly 40 years now, ranging from bafflement to astonishment to sympathy. I’m not sure this film really changes things, so used to her reappraisal am I now. In Pablo Larraín’s icily beautiful… Spencer Read More
Finch 4 stars
A man, a robot and a dog form an unlikely family in a dead world. There’s a scene in Finch where lanky robot companion Jeff, wearing a massive parka he’s found on a scavenging trip, stands alone in the rain — while his maker, Finch, stomps off angrily to the RV in which they are… Finch Read More
No Time To Die 4.5 stars
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. Note: some spoilers, some allusions to big spoilers. (If you’re actually looking for full on spoilers check… No Time To Die Read More
Diana: The Musical 2 stars
Diana’s life from 1982 to 1997, in song. “Has your torture finished,” enquired my 9 year old, an hour and a half into Diana: The Musical. Admittedly he veers to the dramatic — “what is the point of me being here,” he asked, aged 7, when I took him to see the film Cats —… Diana: The Musical Read More
Deerskin 4 stars
Georges is a man who has one ambition – to possess the finest jacket in the world at the expense of all others. It may be 100% deerskin but Georges’s new jacket is also the G.O.A.T., an item of clothing so perfect he’s prepared to spend his (and his wife’s!) life savings on it: 7,500… Deerskin Read More
The Green Knight 4 stars
Gawain, King Arthur’s headstrong nephew, embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic stranger and tester of men. The Green Knight is about the making of legends, though by the end it looks very much as if a chivalric knight is just a sacrificial victim. It’s certainly relevant to us… The Green Knight Read More
Oasis Knebworth 1996 5 stars
A record — from fans and band — of Oasis’s two record breaking nights at Knebworth on 10 and 11 August 1996, when over a quarter of a million young music fans from all over the world converged on Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire It’s often remarked upon when watching 20th century concert footage, but the… Oasis Knebworth 1996 Read More
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