SpielBLOG: Catch Me If You Can – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
Catch Me If You Can is possibly Steven Spielberg’s last absolutely great movie. There are movies to come which have a lot of things...
Read MoreReview: Midsommar – Director’s Cut – “Enhanced my enjoyment of the film”
MIDSOMMAR is such a curious little film and, thanks to US iTunes, you can rediscover it today. If you’d asked me several months ago, I’d...
Read MoreReview – Rambo: Last Blood – “Genuinely shocking in terms of violence”
I was *INCREDIBLY* apprehensive about RAMBO: LAST BLOOD. Taking the politics out of it, I thought the send-off in RAMBO (4) was just...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: Minority Report – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
There’s something fresh and invigorating about Minority Report. Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the film was...
Read MoreIMAX Review: Ad Astra – “Space Pirates, Space Monkeys and quiet moments of contemplation”
Ad Astra hit cinemas this week and Amanda has already reviewed it here. In her review she said to see it on the biggest screen you could,...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “A wonder to behold”
It’s not often that a film conveys the feeling of being really dirty. Not the gritty city realism of a kitchen-sink drama, nor...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Jojo Rabbit – “There is sensitivity here and a more meaningful message”
The opening of Jojo Rabbit sets the scene for what is to come – The Beatles singing “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in German as black...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Seberg
Jean Seberg was a screen star, making a resounding debut in Joan of Arc (where she actually sustained an injury for being ‘burned at the...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: The Aeronauts – “A solid, science-based drama”
Knowing whether or not to bring an umbrella when you leave the house in the morning is something we take for granted. It wasn’t that long...
Read MoreReview: Downton Abbey – “Fun, silly, moving, and at times, downright pacy”
It’s a very particular kind of drug, with a diminishing supply – can you get high on aristocracy? The snobbery, manners,...
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