Winston Churchill is one of the most iconic figures in world history, let alone British history, so the task of playing him would have to fall to someone almost equally as iconic. Gary Oldman doesn’t naturally fit that role. He doesn’t … Continue reading Darkest Hour (2017) Review
There is nothing in The Shape of Water that you haven’t seen a hundred times before. Disney have made Beauty and the Beast twice and as you watch this film, you soon realise that director Guillermo Del Toro has done so as well. This wouldn’t necessarily have to be a negative thing if it wasn’t so familiar, predictable and ultimately pedestrian. Not that The Shape of Water doesn’t have any redeeming features. It is very well made and as with all Del Toro productions, the design of the environments that his characters occupy are full of dark, dim and (as a … Continue reading The Shape of Water (2017) Review
You are either on-board with Daniel Day-Lewis or you aren’t. He doesn’t make “popcorn” movies and has never touched a Hollywood blockbuster. His films rarely end within 120 minutes and they aren’t always that accessible. He stars in the kind of movies which gets critical plaudits but can baffle audiences with bum-numbing runtimes and bizarre character performances. That is why the prospect of a distant, almost tyrannical fashion designer who falls in love with his muse and creates a destructive relationship may not fill many with excitement while others will be rushing to get their tickets at the box office. As … Continue reading Phantom Thread (2017) Review
Once Baby Driver starts, it is clear that this is a movie doing something different. The music is so intrinsic to the whole experience that this could have been a musical. This is none more telling than in the opening car … Continue reading Baby Driver (2017) Review
There is an impressive cast behind The Dinner that makes it intriguing from the outset. Richard Gere and Laura Linney would be enough to get anyone’s attention but add Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall and you start to imagine that there … Continue reading The Dinner (2017) Review
A movie about a girl who befriends a giant pig and then goes on a world-wide search to bring him home when he is “pig-napped: it is easy to imagine Okja as a childish, Disney-inspired movie but you would be … Continue reading Okja (2017) Review
There is an ingenious idea at the centre of Downsizing which could have easily carried the whole movie. The idea of shrinking people down to the size of 5 inches and have them live their lives in tiny houses, with tiny … Continue reading Downsizing (2017) Review
In a year for Marvel movies that saw both Spider-Man: Homecoming and the grand return of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor was going to have to do something different to be considered alongside these more popular heroes. Thor’s earlier movies … Continue reading Thor Ragnarok (2017) Review
Some of the best movies don’t tell a story which captures the biggest or most significant moments in a person’s life. Some movies focus on the more inconsequential parts of a person’s life; focusing on an hour, day or week that … Continue reading Oscars 2018: The Florida Project (2017) Review
It helps that The Big Sick is a true story as it makes the film feel authentic. This is a romantic-comedy but in the loosest sense. The romance isn’t fabled or fairy tale, the comedy isn’t too broad or stereotypical and … Continue reading Oscars 2018: The Big Sick (2017) Review
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