Kraven The Hunter gets off to a bad start, proving that the best thing about this long-unawaited superhero film is beginning by nicking Basil Poledouris’ theme from The Hunt for Red October, as the titular …
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Kraven The Hunter gets off to a bad start, proving that the best thing about this long-unawaited superhero film is beginning by nicking Basil Poledouris’ theme from The Hunt for Red October, as the titular …
Continue readingGladiator II opens with a brief, hand-painted summary of the first film over the opening credits, which I wasn’t expecting. Well, I say ‘hand-drawn’, but I expect these days, CGI and AI played their part. …
Continue readingThelma… so good, they named her once. She’s portrayed by the brilliant June Squibb (Inside Out 2), who I didn’t think was as old as the titular character’s 93 years, but she was at the …
Continue readingThe Pale Blue Eye is a new Netflix movie where, under the notification from Captain Hitchcock (Simon McBurney), Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) is tasked by Superintendent Thayer (Timothy Spall) to investigate the mysterious death, and …
Continue readingThe White Lotus is a new, limited series written and directed by Mike White, and is a social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort. It follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the …
Continue readingThe Woman in the Window stars Amy Adams as Anna Fox, an agoraphobic woman living alone in New York, who begins spying on her new neighbours only to witness a disturbing act of violence, and …
Continue readingNews Of The World is a new Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, Greyhound) film during which you should not expect music from The Jam, nor see a tawdry tabloid because it begins …
Continue readingEighth Grade is a film that looked superb from the trailer, but was one of those indie films that I knew would get short shrift from the multiplexes, so watching it on Blu-ray would be …
Continue readingVox Lux makes you feel really old, because this is the film where Natalie Portman plays a mother, even though she was only about 13 in Leon, released in Frances and the US in 1994, …
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