“Seeking revenge is the best cure for someone who’s been hurt”, says the captor of Oh Dae-su, a man who has been held for 15 years in a grimy hotel room, and this is a story of mutual revenge served both hot and cold. There’ve both been hurt, probably irreparably, and what looks like a chain of… Oldboy Read More
Lion 4.5 stars
“Did you REALLY look for my mum?” asks little Saroo, in an orphanage in Calcutta, sitting opposite Mrs Sood, a kind but firm woman charged with finding new homes overseas for unclaimed children. “I looked everywhere”, she replies. And with that, Saroo has to move on to a new family far away in Tasmania, while acknowledging that his mum… Lion Read More
Symptoms (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars
Sam (Dan Lam) is about to have his final practical examinations to become a qualified doctor – but who is faking it, him or the “patients”? The setting is a teaching hospital, somewhere in the UK. As Sam comes in from outside he looks like any other trendy 20-something (sorry Dan Lam, I know there’s nothing worse… Symptoms (Short Film) Read More
Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars
“We are the shadow warriors”, says stuntman Mack Kuhr in this fascinating documentary short from directors Stephen Koepfer and Matthew Kaplowitz. A comment which pithily demonstrates how vital they are to a film while staying in the background, not only allowing the star to shine, but giving them that added sparkle. I’m not one for deliberately causing myself pain, though I… Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Read More
Dead Snow 4 stars
“If you have your intestines in your hands, what do you do then?” and this sadly un-rhetorical question, posed by a Menacing Local to the kids-in-the-isolated-cabin, haunted me until about two-thirds of the way through Norwegian Nazi zombie mash up Dead Snow when it was overtaken by this thought: “if you are hanging off a cliff holding onto a Nazi zombie’s… Dead Snow Read More
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies 3.5 stars
As the voiceover says early on in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, “keep your swords as sharp as your wits. As the ultimate battle between the living and the undead has yet to be staged.” The beauty of a Jane Austen / zombie mashup is that you know exactly what’s going to happen in both genres,… Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Read More
La La Land 4.5 stars
La La Land is an absolute joy, to watch and to listen to. It was probably the most fun two hours I’ve had at the cinema since a really excellent first date back in 1987 with the friend of the guy I was meant to meet but who didn’t turn up (Reader, I didn’t marry… La La Land Read More
Silent Running 4 stars
Scifi purists look away now, because the reason I didn’t watch Silent Running for years was because I kept getting it mixed up with Logan’s Run, where Jenny Agutter lives in a world where people are only allowed to live until they’re 30. It’s a fun film to watch in your youth but as you can imagine at… Silent Running Read More
An American Werewolf In London 4.5 stars
There is, apparently, a remake planned. I don’t usually mind remakes – the original film still exists, after all. And at least with American Werewolf In London mobile phones haven’t made the plot obsolete (you think I’m kidding? Have you ever tried getting a phone signal up on Britain’s remotest, werewolf-ridden moors?). But if you haven’t seen the… An American Werewolf In London Read More
Hunt For The Wilderpeople 4.5 stars
It’s fair to say that films about lost boys looking for a father figure and settling on the least likely candidate aren’t exactly rare. But you’ll be hard pressed to find a more satisfying example of the genre than Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Charming, funny, and moving, it still manages to avoid the cloying sentimentality of many… Hunt For The Wilderpeople Read More
Pandemic 3.5 stars
God why are zombies always so MESSY? Streets strewn with debris, rubbish everywhere, sofas and chairs lying in the road, any old how. Tidy people just don’t seem to succumb to these near-constant apocalyptic worldwide infections, do they. They should use this information when creating a vaccine. Or maybe the tidy people are simply stuck… Pandemic Read More
Rare Exports – a Christmas Tale 4.5 stars
Don’t be fooled by the twinkly eyes, round tummy and red suit: “the real Santa was totally different. The Coca Cola Santa was just a hoax” relates little Pietari to his friend, as he explains what he’s discovered about the original Bad Santa. Unnerving, funny, and inventive, Rare Exports combines an off-the-wall premise with… Rare Exports – a Christmas Tale Read More
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