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Fighting With My Family 4 stars
You could argue that this dramatised account of WWE wrestler Paige’s rise to glory is as scripted as the fights it portrays; no one’s success trajectory could so closely follow the “funny and heart-warming” movie template. Then again, if you stay until the end of the film, the footage of the real Paige’s real family… Fighting With My Family Read More
Alien (4k Restoration: 2019) 5 stars
*** click down for two film clips, the trailer and images *** The Nostromo, the towing ship pulling a mining refinery, takes its name from the title of a novel by Joseph Conrad. In the book, Nostromo the man is a tool of the rich, which neatly sums up how the company sees Ripley, Dallas, Kane, Lambert and… Alien (4k Restoration: 2019) Read More
Roma 4.5 stars
Roma is a very beautiful and a very sad film, and it’s a sadness drenched in the stoicism of those who hold little sway over their own lives. Not frenetic (despite the family’s four children rushing everywhere and fighting all the time) and not languid, it’s a supremely evenly-paced and unromantic look back at director Alfonso… Roma Read More
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 3.5 stars
Younger sisters can be awful, and I should know as I am one. Or maybe I’m just misunderstood. Bianca (Brooklynn Prince), the younger sister and architect of everything no longer being awesome in Bricksburg, is misunderstood, and the whole second Lego movie could have been avoided if only her older brother Finn (Jadon Sand) had… The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Read More
Destination: Dewsbury 2 stars
It’s a huge shock when the first one of your generation dies, as delusions of immortality crumble and the reality of middle age looms. New indie British comedy Destination: Dewsbury tackles this from the viewpoints of four men, mates since school, their lives starting to disintegrate just as the fifth member of their schoolboy gang turns out… Destination: Dewsbury Read More
Burning Men 3 stars
There’s a great gag at the end of Burning Men that made me wonder if the writer thought it up then worked backwards creating a story leading up to it. And that’s partly what the film itself does, when what seems like a British horror movie turns out to be more a psychological foray into… Burning Men Read More
Jane Eyre (2011) 4 stars
*** Read my interview with Jane Eyre’s Oscar-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor *** “I’ve never seen a city” Jane laments, worrying, as so many teenagers do, that life is passing her by: “I’ve never spoken with men and fear my whole life will pass”. Her most exciting trip is usually a damp trot to the… Jane Eyre (2011) Read More
Two For Joy 4 stars
For the widowed Aisha (Samantha Morton) grief itself has become the driving force, rather than the reaction; with her family caught in an enervating circle of misery where the sheer exhaustion of getting through the day prevents them from escaping. It needs a huge catalyst to kick them off the repetitive cycle onto a different… Two For Joy Read More
The Duchess 3.5 stars
*** Read my interview with The Duchess’s Oscar-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor *** Freedom is an absolute, the just-married Georgiana tells Whig politician Charles Fox in the 1770s, when it turns out that his progressive ideas to share power and wealth more equally among Britain’s citizens only really work for him if some are more… The Duchess Read More
Hereditary 4 stars
A creaky floorboard and a clicking tongue. Two sounds you don’t want to hear when you’re alone in the house and the only tongue clicker you know of is your dead sister. “I never wanted to be your mother” Annie says to her teenage son Peter (Alex Wolff), “it wasn’t my fault and I tried… Hereditary Read More
The Final Girls UK: We Are The Weirdos 2 – nine horror shorts by women Short Film 4 stars
The Final Girls UK, a collective dedicated to exploring feminism in horror and highlighting women’s participation in the genre, are back with their second We Are The Weirdos tour – a selection of nine horror shorts by women. The absolute standout is Hair Wolf (5/5), directed by Mariama Diallo, which won the narrative short film… The Final Girls UK: We Are The Weirdos 2 – nine horror shorts by women Read More
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