July 14, 2020 Film Review: The Old Guard (Netflix) Shades of Highlander in this cracking action movie starring the always bad-ass and excellent Charlize Theron. Good action plot and pacing, and a nice set up for a sequel. Let’s hope we get one. 7.5/10.0 Categories Film Reviews
March 3, 2020 Film Review: The Invisible Man Elizabeth Moss is excellent throughout, in a well written, well paced, tense movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and leaping out of it more than once. A great movie with a satisfying ending. A well deserved 8.5/10.0 Categories Film Reviews
February 18, 2020 Film Review: Parasite What a refreshing change of pace! A fantastic foreign language movie getting well deserved recognition. The casting is fantastic, the writing tight and clever, the humour comic and dark. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. A well deserved 8.5/10.0. Categories Film Reviews
February 11, 2020 Film Review: The Lighthouse How to describe this movie? Homage to 1940s mystery cinema? Drug-fuelled nightmare. Just plain weird? All of those things. I’m sure it’s trendy in an emporer’s-new-clothes kind of way to say this is an awesome film and “not something the general film goer will appreciate”, but I think this is an indulgent turd. A very disappointing and disturbing 3.0/10.0. Categories Film Reviews
February 4, 2020 Film Review: Queen and Slim A good film, tough subject matter, powerful, left me feeling uneasy. Great cast and performances. A difficult 8.0/10.0. Categories Film Reviews
January 28, 2020 Film Review: Bad Boys For Life Ah nostalgia! This is not a great movie by the standards of great cinema, but it’s great fun and good to see back on the big screen. An enjoyable 7.5/10.0 Categories Film Reviews
January 21, 2020 Film Review: The Gentlemen Hugh Grant was really good, I was not expecting him to play a credible lowlife. Michelle Dockery was good, but I can only see her as Lady Mary, so it didn’t work for me (my fault). She was fantastic in Godless, so not sure why I wasn’t getting it here. Overall, a good film. A diamond geezer 7.5 monkeys ahhhht a... Categories Film Reviews
January 14, 2020 Film Review: 1917 A good film, not a great story. Visually stunning, a great demonstration of the film makers art, but it has some odd lead casting. To be fair, it is a also bit flat and/or clumsy in places, particularly with some scenery / lighting. I was expecting higher, but 7.5/10.0 Categories Film Reviews
January 7, 2020 Film Review: Jo Jo Rabbit What a fantastic start to 2020 movie-watching! A very funny, almost madcap, yet very sad and disturbing film. A great movie. A dark but fun 9.0/10.0 Categories Film Reviews
December 23, 2019 Film Review: Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker Throughly enjoyed this film. It was a bittersweet end to a saga I’ve loved almost my entire life. Sure, there were some dark periods in past movies (Jar Jar Binks…) but not here. This is a great movie that delicately ties up the series, with a nod (and several awesome cameos from stars of the original 1977 movie) to the... Categories Film Reviews