*** Read my interview with David O’Leske, director of Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey *** Paper salesman. Insurance. Gold stolen from a crashed plane in the Canadian wilderness. No one was entirely sure how Fred Beckey, American climber extraordinaire, made the money that allowed him to spend most of the year pursuing his passion… Dirtbag: The Legend Of Fred Beckey Read More
The Aftermath – 1 minute video review Includes Video 2.5 stars
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Breaking The Limits 3.5 stars
Breaking The Limits initially has an air almost of light-heartedness, as young Jerzy (Jakub Gierszal) and his girlfriend Grasnya (Anna Próchniak) inject themselves in a squat with their friends. Looking healthy and feeling they’re in control, they joke about how statistically most Western philosophy students have tried drugs. Fast-forward two years and the couple’s heroin addictions… Breaking The Limits Read More
Fisherman’s Friends 2.5 stars
“Emotions have no place in business” says hotshot London music executive Danny (Daniel Mays) and there’s your Britflick red flag right there. Fisherman’s Friends ticks so many boxes it makes me wonder if there’s a secret list of British film industry definites and nice-to-haves, with any funding dependent on a 75% hit rate. Based on… Fisherman’s Friends Read More
Triple Threat 3.5 stars
“Come and ‘ave a go if you think you’re ‘ard enough!” deadpans the relentlessly merciless Collins (Scott Adkins), during Triple Threat. It’s a good example of how director Jesse V Johnson utilises the different backgrounds of his characters and actors while still keeping the film on a straight path as a martial arts movie. This has… Triple Threat Read More
Stanley A Man Of Variety – 1 minute video review Includes Video 2.5 stars
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Stanley A Man Of Variety 2.5 stars
Stanley is incarcerated in a grim-looking institution, and has been for some years. He studies books in the library to assess whether he’s entitled to a hearing; or he’s cleaning the floors with his mop and metal bucket. Or he’s watching cassettes of old comedies, the shiny white brick walls of his narrow cell decorated with… Stanley A Man Of Variety Read More
The Aftermath 2.5 stars
How much can be rebuilt after it has been smashed to pieces? That’s the big question in The Aftermath – a postwar love story that attempts to to examine the realities of reconciliation, whether between people or countries. The film is about rebuilding broken relationships as much as broken cities, with the ambiguities of war… The Aftermath Read More
Captain Marvel 4 stars
Young girls can learn a lot from Carol Danvers about trusting their instincts – especially if they ever need to know if it’s okay to punch a sweet old lady in the face. Captain Marvel is something of a triumph. What could in other hands have been a dull by-numbers story – with its straightforward… Captain Marvel Read More
Serenity (2019) 2 stars
WARNING: Serenity has some big issues as a movie but most of them relate to the bonkers twist. And as I want to talk about those issues I’m going to have to spoiler it. Maybe watch the movie then come back afterwards! Tuna and Dill. It could be a BBC Sunday night detective serial, about… Serenity (2019) Read More
Isn’t It Romantic – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4 stars
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Isn’t It Romantic 4 stars
I’m delighted to say that Isn’t It Romantic doesn’t have one original idea in it. You’ll have seen them all before, in a thousand romcoms – but director Todd Strauss-Schulson has taken those ideas, chucked them into the air then watched them fall to the ground in perfect order, a bit like if Rebel Wilson did… Isn’t It Romantic Read More
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