When you’ve seen as many movies as I have, you can often judge a movie based on how well it surprises you. Often I can guess where a film is going, what any twist is going to be and even, … Continue reading Before I Go To Sleep (2014) Review
A lot can be said for great chemistry carrying a movie. Even if the actual story, events or set-pieces the movie relies on are mediocre or even quite rubbish, a movie can still succeed if it has two great leads … Continue reading Let’s Be Cops (2014) Review
The format of Lovelace, which is designed to reflect the way in which Linda Lovelace told her life story, is a very good way to portray her tale. The idea is that we get the “positive” version of the adult … Continue reading Lovelace (2013) Review
Some movie are dependant on a couple of performances rather than the story those performances are serving. The Sessions is one such film because the central performance is so demanding on the actor. John Hawkes plays a man with a disability requiring an iron … Continue reading The Sessions (2012) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! To coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of the First … Continue reading 37 Days TV Review
I expected some sort of craziness and “out-there” storytelling when watching a Luc Besson film. Movies like The Fifth Element are testament to how crazy the guy can really be. I also expected there to be some solid, crazy but well constructed action, … Continue reading Lucy (2014) Review
Movies that follow tv shows should be limited to one. No sequels or franchises being born out of the show that inspired it, just one single movie that “checks-in” with the characters and shows us where their lives are now and … Continue reading The Inbetweeners 2 (2014) Review
I’m not sure if Dead Poets Society was the first major film to offer the story of the “inspiring teacher” but it has certainly been done many times since. In movies from Freedom Writers to Dangerous Minds, the idea of … Continue reading Dead Poets Society (1989) Review
More should have been made of Robin Williams’ transformation into an old lady for his role as Mrs Doubtfire. I’m not exactly talking Oscars but it is easy to overlook the transformation that Williams’ undergoes to become the new nanny for … Continue reading Mrs Doubtfire (1993) Review
You let Robin Williams loose, to improvise, ad-lib and spontaneously perform, with little or no direction, and you can be guaranteed comedy gold. It’s to Good Morning Vietnam’s testament that this is what Robin Williams gets to do in key … Continue reading Good Morning Vietnam (1987) Review
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