Film Review: ‘Get On Up’
★★★★☆ Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of James Brown, in Tate Taylor’s candid biopic, Get On Up (2014), is a bold, brash and innovative rendition of...
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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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Film Review: ‘The Imitation Game’
★★★☆☆ The decision to cast Benedict Cumberbatch as unsung war hero Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game (2014) was a canny, albeit...
Film Review: ‘Ghostbusters’
★★★★☆ Whether young or old, the 1984 classic Ghostbusters – directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray (seemingly confirmed for the upcoming Ghostbusters...
Film Review: ‘Jimi: All Is By My Side’
★★☆☆☆ John Ridley’s Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side (2013) is an intriguing shambles of a film. Denied rights by the Hendrix...
Film Review: ‘The Babadook’
★★★★☆ Since Australian director Jennifer Kent’s debut feature, The Babadook (2014) premièred at this year’s Sundance Film Festival there has been a tremendous hubbub...
Blu-ray Review: ‘Withnail and I’
★★★★☆ Since its bow in 1987, Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical black comedy, Withnail and I, has become a bona fide cult-classic. For years audiences have...
DVD Review: ‘Maleficent’
★★★☆☆ In the House of Mouse’s third attempt at reinventing a classic fairytale as a live action adventure, director Robert Stromberg brings us a...
DVD Review: ‘In Secret’
★★☆☆☆ Longing, passion and an illicit love affair should be ripe material for any romping period drama. Sadly, actor-turned-director Charlie Stratton’s adaptation of Neal...
