Film

I sometimes think I come across as a jaded critic, seemingly more interested in delivering scabrous opinions than celebrating the best cinema has to offer. Today’s review I use as counter evidence, because I can do nothing but sing the ...

And we were all hoping 2017 would shape up better than 2016. My first review of the year is for Scorsese’s Silence. Such promise. Such credentials. An acclaimed and renowned director channelling a lifetime of Catholic angst executing a passion ...

Well, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. That’s something. Video game films have a bad reputation. They are often light on plot and character development. If they are one of the better entries, they ...

As the credits rolled and the house lights came up, I realised something – I was the only person in the theatre not crying. People of all ages were sobbing and wiping their eyes, couples were holding each other… I ...

For many it has been a rough year, full of all sorts of political and social tribulations. In film at least, I think 2016 has been a pretty damn good year. Yes, yes, there have been plenty of crappy films ...

This year has been a strange one for films. Very few films I’ve seen this year have made me shout with joy and it is the first year I’ve walked out of several films halfway through. Perhaps with age I’m becoming ...

It’s the last big blockbuster of the year, a sci-fi extravaganza with top dollar effects and two of the biggest names in the industry in the starring roles: Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Passengers tells the story of two people ...

Without question, The Muppet Christmas Carol is the greatest Christmas film ever made. People from all walks of life and distressingly opposing views will converge upon this one universal fact. Can you pick fault in a film like this? No, I don’t ...

Rogue One is out and, as a fitting follow-up to last year’s The Force Awakens, it turns out to be dreadful. We now have a track record being set. Under Disney’s management, the trends of the new Star Wars productions ...

The positive reviews started flooding in, giving me hope – but I’ve been burned before and I’ll be burned again. Are these critics seeing the same films I’m seeing? Rogue One is yet another example of what is wrong with ...