Life hasn’t been kind since David Brent’s redundancy from paper merchants Wernham Hogg. He’s had a breakdown and been on Prozac. But now he’s back to, dare I say, his best? And is determined to give stardom one last shot. Brent’s self belief, surface-deep though it clearly is, strikes new heights, or depths, this time… David Brent: Life On The Road Read More
Boss Baby 2.5 stars
Like my parenting methods, Boss Baby is several great ideas that collapse into a bit of a mess when put into practice. There’s lots of exposition, some confusing threads left hanging, and at times it’s downright dull. At its heart is that age old question, when a new baby joins a family. No, not is there… Boss Baby Read More
Dark Star 4 stars
Set in the 22nd century, Dark Star chronicles the lives of the crew of the eponymous spaceship – already in space for two decades, they are tasked with destroying unstable planets so Earth can potentially colonise other planets nearby. Contact between the Dark Star and Earth is perfunctory and occasional at best. Mission Control back on Earth make it clear… Dark Star Read More
Eden Lake 4 stars
We really don’t know what to do with children, who once out of toddlerhood seem to be seen as either angelic victims or nasty feral thugs. In Eden Lake it’s the latter, where little terrors have grown up to terrorise. It’s a film I’ve been both meaning to see and trying to avoid for nearly a decade… Eden Lake Read More
The Thing (2011 Prequel) 3 stars
As soon as the Americans started exploring the burnt out Norwegian research station in The Thing (1982) I was desperate for a prequel to find out what happened to our Scandi friends. (I demand prequels a lot. I’m still desperate for John Wick: The Prologue. But more than that, I want to find out all about the wheeler-dealing… The Thing (2011 Prequel) Read More
The Thing (1982) 4 stars
John Carpenter’s The Thing has everything – physical isolation in an antarctic scientific base, failed communication channels, a coming storm (literal and metaphorical), psychological horror as the threat grows and established friendships crumble, and really, really disgusting monsters that I couldn’t take my eyes off. There is a delightful yuck factor to The Thing’s Things. (That is… The Thing (1982) Read More
The Lost City of Z 4 stars
“This search for Z – I can no longer bear the cost” explains an emotionally weary Henry Costin, Percy Fawcett’s long time travelling companion on hearing news of Fawcett’s latest exploratory trip. Because by then, after 20 years of travels, for Fawcett no cost is too high. James Gray’s film is beautiful, stately, but overlong;… The Lost City of Z Read More
Life 3 stars
When it comes to single-cell organisms that can lie dormant for what seems like hundreds of years before being reanimated with some sugar and then causing complete havoc, I’m something of an expert – but they were at school today so I thought I’d go and watch Life instead. With the action taking place on the International Space Station, there are… Life Read More
Love And Friendship 4.5 stars
“In one’s plight they say is one’s opportunity” says the hilariously irrepressible and manipulative Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) – a recently widowed mother and like many women in that position in 18th century England, now with no fortune, having to survive on her wit, beauty and the good graces of other men as she… Love And Friendship Read More
Get Out 4.5 stars
I was so stressed after watching Get Out I wanted to sit down with a relaxing cup of tea and a cigarette, but then I remembered the plot and had to settle for just the cup of tea. As a Brit I’m used to tea being the answer to pretty much everything, the balm that… Get Out Read More
Viva 4 stars
“I turn you on. I turn everybody on!’ says Viva (Anna Biller) at a fancy dress orgy, as she tries to navigate her own sexual awakening in early 1970s LA, slowly realising that while the men she meets also love women’s sexual awakenings it’s not for the same reason. Viva starts and finishes the film as suburban… Viva Read More
Beauty And The Beast (2D) 3.5 stars
“Think of the one place you’ve always wanted to see” says the Beast to Belle, as he shows her a magic book of the world in his incredible library – and off they go to plague-ridden Paris, which wouldn’t be my choice for a free holiday of a lifetime with a gazillionaire prince, especially an ugly one, but there you… Beauty And The Beast (2D) Read More
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