Over the last few years, we have been treated to American movies that have focussed on the wives or girlfriends of career criminals. Generally though, films such as Widows or The Kitchen have shown groups of women associated with crime … Continue reading I’m Your Woman – Review
There is something unsettling about the London-set psychological thriller, Cordelia and it isn’t the neighbour, Frank (Johnny Flynn) upstairs. The titular protagonist (Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who also co-wrote the script with the film’s director, Adrian Shergold) is an actress, who twelve … Continue reading Cordelia – Review
Will British actor Paul Bettany ever get the recognition he deserves? A firm favourite of Ron Howard who cast him in A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code before tapping him for a key role in Solo: A Star … Continue reading Uncle Frank – Review
I don’t think Charlie Kaufman likes film critics. In his film, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, derived from Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, he has Jessie Buckley regurgitate large sections of Pauline Kael’s review of John Cassavetes’ 1974 film A Woman … Continue reading I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Review
Can teenage delinquency be cured by swift exposure to the outdoors? This question is tentatively explored in Get Duked, an energetic and mostly successful black comedy set in the Scottish Highlands. You’ll laugh, you’ll sink a tinnie. Written and directed … Continue reading Get Duked – Review
Since playing Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s 2016 biopic, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been off our screens for four years. Well, at least in physical form – he contributed vocal cameos to both The Last Jedi and Knives Out. Gordon-Levitt is … Continue reading 7500 – Review
