I can think of worse ways to spend a morning with a pair of handcuffs, but only if you’ve just been arrested. Fifty Shades Freed is pretty bad. Worse than Fifty Shades Darker, which, while not great film-making, at least had a sense of humour (both deliberate and unintentional). Dakota Johnson is a good comic… Fifty Shades Freed Read More
I, Tonya – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4.5 stars
Shoutout to anyone else old enough not to have said “Tonya who?” when they first heard about this movie. (And yes, I am wearing a frilly leotard in her honour). Click here for the full I, Tonya review
Black Panther 4.5 stars
A popular prince returning home to claim his throne after the death of a much-loved monarch is a chance to use the resultant outpouring of goodwill, and sheer spectacle, to bring a country closer together. But it’s also a time of disruption, when nations are most vulnerable; as CIA man Everett Ross points out later,… Black Panther Read More
Den Of Thieves – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4 stars
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Lady Bird – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 3 stars
This is my first video review since getting Daisy the puppy (yes named for John Wick), so if there’s any whining, for once it’s not me. Click here for the full Lady Bird review
Oddsockeaters 3 stars
In the interests of full disclosure, I should admit to a prior interest here. I love socks, new socks anyway, and there are few things more pleasurable (that I can put in a review of a family film) than putting on a new pair of soft stretchy socks, to be enjoyed only once before they… Oddsockeaters Read More
I, Tonya 4.5 stars
“Why CAN’T it just be about the skating?” replies Tonya Harding to a judge when they respond to her accusations of deliberately low marking with “Tonya, it’s never been entirely about the skating… you just refuse to play along”. It’s hardly her fault that she was born poor though, with an abusive parent who creates in… I, Tonya Read More
Lady Bird 3 stars
Maybe it’s my age – perhaps there’s a point at which one stops identifying with the irritating daughter and starts nodding along sagely with the irritating mum – but Lady Bird isn’t a film that grabbed me. Naturally, being a woman, after all the acclaim it’s received I finished watching it thinking “is it me?… Lady Bird Read More
The Shape Of Water 5 stars
This is an ode to gods and monsters, and fittingly it is set in the early 1960s – when America has become used to strange creatures on screen, warning us of our failings as a species, or terrifying us into submission. And with so many B-movies allegories for East-West relations, it’s also appropriate that The… The Shape Of Water Read More
Phantom Thread 4.5 stars
To paraphrase Emily in The Devil Wears Prada, it turns out I’m just one wild mushroom omelette away from my goal weight. I never collect mushrooms in the great outdoors, as I’d rather not risk death for size zero, though it makes a change to see food used as a weapon against a gourmand fashion… Phantom Thread Read More
Your Move 2 stars
Your Move, Luke Goss’s directoral debut, starts off as a traditional who-took-my-family thriller but then veers into revenge-torture territory. And while there are aspects to commend it, Goss – who also wrote and stars in the film – has spread himself rather too thin. Goss is a decent actor, believable as a terrified father whose… Your Move Read More
A Caribbean Dream 4 stars
“Mystery and magic… true love is tested” says a man playing music in a forest, perfectly summing up what follows, while a cockerel rests on his head. This is A Caribbean Dream, Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night re-imagined in Barbados, with a diverse cast and a setting far more enticing than any outdoor performance I’ve sat through… A Caribbean Dream Read More
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