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
An American Piano (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars
Music, like war, is a great leveller. During World War Two, Youko (Leon Masuda), a little girl living in Japan with plans to train to be a concert pianist, sits at her grand piano playing Chopin. Across the way, an Allied prisoner of war listens and catches her eye. Based on a true story, An… An American Piano (Short Film) Read More
Hey dude! Watch the new trailer for Yesterday
*** Read my 3-star review of Yesterday *** What would you do if you woke up after a bike crash to discover that The Beatles never existed and you knew all their songs? You’d become the world’s greatest-ever singer-songwriter, that’s what. Aided and abetted by Ed Sheeran, of course. When I say aided and abetted,… Hey dude! Watch the new trailer for Yesterday Read More
A Star Is Born (2018) 4 stars
A Star Is Born isn’t a comedy but there are moments when hollow laughter is the only correct response. The downward-spiralling rock legend Jackson Maine, snorting coke before going on stage at a pharmacology industry event, is one such moment. We love stories in balance, so a simultaneous rags to riches / riches to rags… A Star Is Born (2018) Read More