Film Review: ‘The House of Magic’
★★★☆☆ With the likes of Disney Pixar and DreamWorks Animation already riding high on a wave of critical acclaim, box office success and Academy...
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23 April 2020
Film Review: Astronaut
★★★☆☆ Richard Dreyfuss stars in Astronaut, Shelagh McLeod feature film debut, in which she also doubles up as screenwriter. It’s a low-key affair that...
2 July 2019
Edinburgh 2019: Synonyms review
★★★★☆ Golden Bear-winning cultural assimilation drama Synonyms is expertly handled by its director Nadav Lapid. That of relocating, whether it be by city, country...
2 July 2019
Film Review: Mrs Lowry & Son
★★☆☆☆ Five years after portraying J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s award-winning biographical drama Mr Turner, Timothy Spall takes on the role of another English...
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Film Review: ‘Earth to Echo’
★★☆☆☆ Earth to Echo (2014), director Dave Green’s feature debut, admirably attempts to recreate the classic family adventure films of the eighties, but instead...
Film Review: ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
★★★★☆ Few could have predicted the gargantuan success of DreamWorks’ 2010 franchise opener How to Train Your Dragon – an animated adaptation of Cressida...
Film Review: ‘Devil’s Knot’
★★☆☆☆ Based on the previously well-documented true story of the West Memphis Three, Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot (2013) attempts to dramatise Mara...
Film Review: ‘Postman Pat: The Movie’
★☆☆☆☆ After more than three decades entertaining children on TV, Postman Pat makes the transition to the big-screen in Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)....
Film Review: ‘Brick Mansions’
★★☆☆☆ The latest in a long line of trashy action thrillers spearheaded by French producer extraordinaire Luc Besson, Camille Delamarre’s Brick Mansions (2014) –...
DVD Review: ‘Walking with Dinosaurs – The Movie’
★★☆☆☆ Branded after the hugely successful six-part BBC documentary series which aired back in the late 1990s, Walking with Dinosaurs – The Movie (2013)...
DVD Review: ‘Carrie’
★★★☆☆ Carrie, Stephen King’s first published novel, has been adapted several times for the big screen, Brian De Palma’s 1976 version being the most...
