Da Vinci died 500 years ago this year, and I can imagine plenty of children googling him after this, to check out the original Renaissance Man’s full invention inventory. You’ll probably find them surfacing hours later, an expert in ball bearings and 16th century robots. I had no idea he’d invented a diving suit… Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa Read More
Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa (kids’ review!) 4 stars
My name is Ashton and I’m 10. Ok; I admit I was going to give this film two stars and as you can see I gave it four stars by the end. (oh and if you haven’t looked at the rating then DO IT NOW!!!) 🙂 Lisa’s crops burn down on the farm and her… Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa (kids’ review!) Read More
Charlie Says 3 stars
Charlie says a lot in this film, most of it absolute rubbish. Mary Harron’s movie isn’t about Charles Manson though, but about three women, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins, imprisoned for horrific murders committed at his behest: their reactions to him, and to each other. There’s almost a love triangle going on… Charlie Says Read More
The Lion King (2019) 3 stars
Why is it that fluffy animals with human emotions in movies don’t affect me, yet I’ll happily admit to weeping buckets when Wilson the non-sentient volleyball drifted off across the sea from Tom Hanks’s raft in Castaway? I don’t even like sport. (And sorry for spoilering that for you. It’s okay though, he makes another… The Lion King (2019) Read More
The Farewell (Sundance London) 5 stars
The Farewell is writer-director Lulu Wang’s second feature, and it’s a funny, bracing, tender and profoundly moving film. “Sexy but poor” is how Billi (Awkwafina) describes herself half-jokingly to her mother, visiting her parents while trying to avoid the apartment she always owes rent on. Her parents also live in New York, the whole family… The Farewell (Sundance London) Read More
Gwen 4 stars
Read my interviews with director William McGregor & star Eleanor Worthington-Cox. Despite its wailing winds and shrieking storms, and its central teenage girl, Gwen‘s horror is man-made: layers of threat where her family’s own weaponry (their links to the land itself) makes them targets, while being no match for their opponents’ power. Gwen – part folktale, part… Gwen Read More
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans 3.5 stars
You know you’re in for a classy treat when a movie starts with Derek Jacobi reprising his role as Emperor Claudius. It’s only for a few brief minutes, before his evil wife Agrippina (an enjoyably scheming Kim Cattrall) and petulant son Nero (Craig Roberts) do him in. But if Judy Dench can win an Oscar for… Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Read More
Playmobil: The Movie 3 stars
I have a soft spot for Playmobil, and not only because it’s easier on parental feet when you tread on it in the dark than arch-nemesis Lego, which like its tie-in films is considerably sharper-edged than this smooth German rival. But while Playmobil:The Movie lacks the bite of the Lego films, this is still a colourful,… Playmobil: The Movie Read More
The Dead Don’t Die 3.5 stars
The Dead Don’t Die is allegory with the occasional big dose of very pleasing karma thrown in, along with some intestines. And a lot of dry humour, as otherworldly yet Scottish undertaker Zelda (Tilda Swinton), making up two dead golfers with day-glow eye make up, spits out an accusatory “are you in this together?” at… The Dead Don’t Die Read More
Playmobil The Movie (kids’ review!) 3 stars
My name is Cassian and I’m 7. This is my review of Playmobil The Movie which I saw today with my mum and my brother. A sister and brother called Marla and Charlie find out their parents have died in a car accident, so Marla has to stay at home to look after Charlie (who… Playmobil The Movie (kids’ review!) Read More
Kursk: The Last Mission 3.5 stars
With state-of-the-art Russian submarine Kursk now at the bottom of the sea, and Russian rescue equipment mostly sold off, Royal Navy Commodore David Russell (Colin Firth) asks Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky (Peter Simonischek) if his bosses will let the British in: “not until I’ve tried a sufficient number of times to do the impossible with the… Kursk: The Last Mission Read More
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (kids’ review!) 4.5 stars
My name is Ashton, and I’m 10. Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans is out soon! This is my review of the film. The two main characters in the film were called Atti (played by Sebastian Croft) and Orla (Emilia Jones). I thought the actors were both really good. Atti is a Roman soldier sent to Britain, where… Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (kids’ review!) Read More
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