Villain is a rare thing in cinema these days – an 18-certificate. Too many studios steer away from it, sometimes reducing violence and other scenes in a bid to get a 15-certificate, even if it …
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Villain is a rare thing in cinema these days – an 18-certificate. Too many studios steer away from it, sometimes reducing violence and other scenes in a bid to get a 15-certificate, even if it …
Continue readingThe Rhythm Section is a tale of revenge for Stephanie Patrick, played by Blake Lively, who I first came across in The Age Of Adaline, a tedious romantic borefest masquerading has having interesting time-bending elements …
Continue readingHoney Boy is a film I was drawn to because the older Shia LaBeouf seems to get, the most bizarre films me makes, and often a lot more interesting than what you’d expect from a …
Continue readingLe Mans 66 (aka Ford V Ferrari, in the US, and some other countries) looks at the relationship between Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale). Shelby won the 24hr Le Mans in …
Continue readingZombieland: Double Tap begins brilliantly, as the Columbia lady is approached by two zombies and smacks them both to death with her torch, then twirls it about and holds it aloft once again 🙂 Early …
Continue readingJoker (Joaquin Phoenix), aka Arthur Fleck, tells himself to ‘put on a happy face’, but as he admits at one point, he’s never been happy for his entire life. But that’s the tears of a …
Continue readingDoctor Sleep is one reason why I don’t watch so many films at the cinema, these days. As well as the fact that most of the more interesting fare just doesn’t get the space on …
Continue readingSorry We Missed You is the latest movie from Ken Loach to shine a much-needed spotlight on the problems that blight today’s society, as did 2016’s I, Daniel Blake. Similarly, he appeared on Question Time …
Continue readingEscape from Pretoria is the South African Prison Break! Set in 1979, the film begins with freedom fighters/terrorists (take your pick) Tim Jenkin (Daniel Radcliffe – Horns, Imperium) and Stephen Lee (Daniel Webber, above-right with …
Continue readingThe Peanut Butter Falcon centres around Zak (Zachary Gottsagen), a young man with Down’s Syndrome lives in a care home, but longs to be a wrestler. First, he must escape the clutches of his care …
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