Category: Review

It starts off great; clever writing, beautiful cinematography, likable characters, witty, off-beat humour. It strongly reminded me of a more adult, ‘WesAndersony’ version of Pixar’s…

Simply echoing what so many people have astutely pointed out already — this is not a well-rounded stage-to-screen adaptation. By adhering to the palcosenico’s static…

I’m sure no one needs another voice in this roaring crowd echoing that this is a truly good movie. Sadly, it didn’t reach masterpiece levels…

The hyperactive, refreshing journey that Asian cinema can sometimes take you on is exemplified by Train to Busan, from South Korea, a pulsating, edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride…

To boot, I loved almost all the separate components of the film individually but I didn’t love the resulting bundle. Aesthetically, my eyes were gently caressed…

Taking a break from the apparent horrors of soldierhood, Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a brooding, guarded man, whose post-traumatic stress disorder hangs from him like…

The Cannes Film Festival is a real special and integral part of the movie year. Many of those films shown there to the very lucky…

There are many moments in The Light Between Oceans when cinematographer Adam Arkapaw beautifully captures the rich tones of both night and day amidst the…

Nocturnal Animals takes the split-plot of a woman reading her ex husband’s latest book, in which we follow her reaction (and current blemished life status),…

As acting goes, both Meryl Steep and Hugh Grant pulled another rabbit out of their hats in Stephen Frears’ latest blend of the comic and…

If director Stéphane Brizé loved a slice of heart-string-tugging cinema, or sentimental story-telling, then you wouldn’t possibly know given his  latest movie, The Measure of…

There are old fashioned crime tales of outlaws and the law on their trail, and gripping family dramas driven by blood and money. David Mackenzie’s…

There’s an apparent school of thought with Ben Affleck as an actor, as in one with talent not just a chiseled jaw-line. There’s his early…

Yes, let’s celebrate bad mothers. Scream it from the rooftops. Or at least at a PTA meeting. Not exactly liberating or female empowerment, but given…