DVD Review: ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell’
★★★★☆ These days there is such a rich offering of TV dramas that it can be hard to know what to watch and what...
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12 July 2019
Film Review: Vita & Virginia
★★☆☆☆ Compared to many authors, Virginia Woolf has fared relatively well on screen. Eileen Atkins’ one-woman stage show, A Room of One’s Own, that...
11 July 2019
Film Review: Only You
★★★☆☆ IVF remains a rarely discussed topic in cinema, even though millions of people go through it each year, which makes Harry Wootliff’s debut...
25 July 2018
Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp
★★★★☆ Bring It On director Peyton Reed returns with Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, a heartfelt family comedy in which the peril lies...
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DVD Review: ‘Mortdecai’
★☆☆☆☆ Johnny Depp continues his descent into self-parody with the mawkish and turgid caper Mortdecai (2015) from director David Koepp. Based on Kyril Bonfiglioli’s...
DVD Review: ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’
★★★☆☆ Matthew Vaughn’s slick second collaboration with writer Mark Millar, Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), brings together the kinetic energy and shock humour of...
Film Review: ‘Stonehearst Asylum’
★★☆☆☆ “Believe nothing you hear and one half of what you see”, is a line lifted from Edgar Alan Poe’s The System of Doctor...
DVD Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’
★★★☆☆ Thirteen years on from the release of The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson completes his journey through Middle Earth with action-packed and...
Film Review: ‘Child 44’
★★☆☆☆ The prospect of a drama starring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Noomi Rapace based on Tom Rob Smith’s bestselling novel Child...
Film Review: ‘While We’re Young’
★★★★☆ Last year, American indie director Noah Baumbach wowed audiences with his kooky monochrome comedy Frances Ha (2012), now he is back with While...
Film Review: ‘The Water Diviner’
★★★☆☆ Russell Crowe’s good-looking, and thoughtful directorial debut, The Water Diviner (2014), makes for a fitting companion piece to Peter Wier’s 1981 war-drama, Gallipoli,...
