A silent drifter takes on a set of murderous animatronic amusement park mascots in a night of bloody violence. When a haunted building tells you what it is, listen. Family entertainment centre / birthday party venue Willy’s Wonderland – a name likely to send British parents scuttling in the other direction even before it establishes its… Willy’s Wonderland Read More
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The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? 4 stars
Note: film club blog posts are both reviews and accounts of zoom watches, so are extremely spoilery. Don’t read if you’re a fan of chin-scratching ambiguity, that’s what I’m saying. Disaster films take our favourite movie metaphors and make them real, and that’s taken to its glorious (if deadly) extreme in The Wave, where a… The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? Read More
TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps
Read my series review below, or full episode recaps here: episode 1 (Gold Stick), episode 2 (The Balmoral Test), episode 3 (Fairytale), episode 4 (Favourites), episode 5 (Fagan), episode 6 (Terra Nullius), episode 7 (The Hereditary Principle), episode 8 (48:1), episode 9 (Avalanche), and episode 10 (War). Tracing a decade of royal, political and worldwide events – from the assassination of Earl Mountbatten,… TV review: The Crown, season 4, plus episode recaps Read More
Law Abiding Citizen gives us the People’s Choice Hannibal Lecter 3 stars
Killing with abandon, he doesn’t even leave his prison cell. And while all Clyde Shelton munches is the scenery and a decent steak, he does then murder his cell-mate with the bone. It was another Good-Bad Film Club evening last night, and I’ll not lie, this one – chosen purely for Gerard Butler – was… Law Abiding Citizen gives us the People’s Choice Hannibal Lecter Read More
The One And Only Ivan 2.5 stars
A gorilla named Ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity This is a low-key but high-stakes movie, as a group of animals languishing in a shopping mall circus are awakened by dreams of real freedom. The One And… The One And Only Ivan Read More
Lab Rat (short film) Short Film 4 stars
Two lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly AI experiment. I love dystopian science fiction shorts, not least because all the gloomy dark corridors mean I have to actually clean my my computer screen properly to work out what’s going on. Lab Rat is a compelling and immensely satisfying example of the genre… Lab Rat (short film) Read More
Disappearance At Clifton Hill 4 stars
A troubled young woman returns to her home town of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her. Abby is only seven when she spots a young boy, one eye gouged out, hiding in the woods near her home. He gestures her to be quiet, but a couple soon come to… Disappearance At Clifton Hill Read More
INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for
Tyler Cornack’s thriller-comedy-horror Butt Boy – the film that launched a thousand puns – is deadpan funny with a crazy premise, as detective Russel Fox (Tyler Rice) tries to bring to justice a man he suspects is kidnapping children by absorbing them up his bottom. But it’s also quite moving, in a non-laxative kind of… INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for Read More
Moveable movie feasts: your new release date rundown
If news of changed film release dates is sending your head into even more of a spin than sourdough starters, joggers and home schooling, check out our list below of where some of the cinema film schedule is now. Unsurprisingly these are subject to change, and presume that when they do come out we’ll all… Moveable movie feasts: your new release date rundown Read More
Storm Boy 3 stars
When Michael Kingley, a retired businessman, sees images from his past that he can’t explain, he is forced to recall his childhood memories and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an orphaned pelican, Mr Percival. Arriving just in time for our locked-down Easter holidays, this film about self-isolation, loneliness, and our enduring connections to… Storm Boy Read More
The Personal History of David Copperfield 4.5 stars
There is little to criticise in Armando Iannucci’s pacy, exuberant, free-thinking and hilarious film, though as a keen baker I had to turn away when faced with Uriah Heep’s mother’s “heavy cakes”, a seemingly never-ending procession of giant overcooked monstrosities with which England’s dark satanic mills could easily have been built. Beyond those inedible indelicacies,… The Personal History of David Copperfield Read More
Uncut Gems 4.5 stars
“They say you can see the whole universe in opals” says New York jeweller and gambler Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler). Look closely at the start of the film and that universe turns before our eyes from the sparkling multicolours of the gemstone into Howard’s colon as he undergoes a medical procedure; and throughout the film… Uncut Gems Read More