Film reviews 73: “Inside Out”, “Ant-Man”, “Maggie”, “The Infinite Man”,...
This month: “Ant-Man”, “Are You Here”, “Attenberg”, “Calamari Union”, “Cold Fish”, “Containment”, “Desperately Seeking Susan”, “The Devil’s Backbone”, “Good Bye, Lenin!”, “The Infinite Man”, “Inside...
View ArticleFilm reviews 74: “Pixels”, “Trainwreck” and “Gemma Bovery”
This week there are reviews of Pixels (out 12 August), Trainwreck (out 14 August), and Gemma Bovery (out 21 August). Just when I thought I was Al, they Pacino me back in. For other things I’ve written...
View ArticleFilm reviews 75: “Straight Outta Compton”, “Vacation”, “Manglehorn”, “Hot...
This month: “8 Mile”, “Barbershop”, “Barbershop 2: Back in business”, “Le dernier métro”, “Do the Right Thing” (pictured above), “The Father of My Children”, “Hamlet Goes Business”, “Hot Pursuit”, “The...
View ArticleFilm review: “Irrational Man”
Director/Writer: Woody Allen Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey Theatrical release: 11 September 2015 “I’d still let him take me to Spain.” Aspiring assassins and Agatha Christie...
View ArticleFilm reviews 76: “American Ultra”, “Ricki and the Flash”, “The D Train”,...
This month: “American Ultra”, “Ariel” (pictured above), “Bird People”, “Brokeback Mountain”, “But I’m a Cheerleader”, “Creep”, “The D Train”, “Klown”, “The Major and the Minor”, “The Nasty Girl”, “The...
View ArticleLFF15 Laugh reviews: “21 Nights with Pattie”, “Men and Chicken”, “A Perfect...
Films reviewed: “21 Nights with Pattie” (pictured above), “Brand: A Second Coming”, “Cronies”, “Grandma”, “Lost in Munich”, “Men and Chicken”, “A Perfect Day” and “Ruben Guthrie”. London Film Festival...
View ArticleLFF15 Cult & Experimenta reviews: “Love and Peace”, “The Forbidden Room”,...
Films reviewed: “The Corpse of Anna Fritz”, “The Forbidden Room”, “Green Room”, “The Invitation”, “Love and Peace” (pictured above), “Observance” and “Ratter”. London Film Festival 2015 was split into...
View ArticleLFF15 Thrill & Love reviews: “A Bigger Splash”, “Victoria”, “Remember”, “Our...
Films reviewed: “Beeba Boys”, “A Bigger Splash” (pictured above), “James White”, “My Golden Days”, “Our Little Sister”, “Remember”, “Truman”, “Valley of Love”, “Victoria” and “Virgin Mountain”. London...
View ArticleLFF15 Journey and Family reviews: “Youth”, “Mountains May Depart”, “Right...
Films reviewed: “The Assassin”, “Goosebumps”, “The End of the Tour”, “Land of Mine”, “Mountains May Depart”, “Murmur of the Hearts”, “Right Now, Wrong Then” and “Youth” (pictured above). London Film...
View ArticleLFF15 Dare, Debate & First Feature reviews: “The Here After”, “Taxi Tehran”,...
Films reviewed: “Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)”, “Blood of My Blood” (pictured above), “The Club”, “Entertainment”, “Happy Hour”, “The Here After”, “Madame Courage”, “My Scientology Movie”, “Take Me...
View ArticleLFF15 Official Competition reviews: “Cemetery of Splendour”, “Room”, “The...
Films reviewed: “11 Minutes”, “Beasts of No Nation”, “Cemetery of Splendour”, “Chevalier”, “The Daughter” (pictured above), “Desierto”, “Evolution”, “Office”, “Room”, “Son of Saul”, “Sunset Song”,...
View ArticleLFF15 Gala reviews: “Brooklyn”, “Carol”, “Steve Jobs”, “High-Rise”,...
Films reviewed: “Anomalisa”, “Black Mass”, “Brooklyn”, “Carol” (pictured above), “High-Rise”, “Steve Jobs”, “Suffragette”, “Trumbo” and “Truth”. London Film Festival 2015 was split into strands...
View ArticleFilm reviews 77: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “The Lobster”, “Spectre”,...
This month: “99 Homes”, “Aloha”, “The Bohemian Life” (pictured above”), “Bridge of Spies”, “Brief Encounter”, “Burnt”, “By the Sea”, “The Cobbler”, “Crimson Peak”, “I Hired a Contract Killer”, “The...
View ArticleKenicky’s 2015 film roundup
“A top 10 isn’t cool,” Justin Timberlake said in The Social Network. “You know what is cool? A top 125.” Well, life is meaningless: I know it, you know, and if you weren’t sure, this blog post will...
View ArticleFilm reviews 78: “Spotlight”, “Our Brand is Crisis”, “Accidental Love”, “The...
This month: “Accidental Love”, “Analyze That”, “Analyze That”, “The Big Short”, “The Danish Girl”, “The Hateful Eight”, “Le Havre” (pictured above), “I Used to Be Darker”, “Joy”, “The Last Detail”,...
View ArticleFilm reviews 79: “Deadpool”, “Dirty Grandpa”, “Unfriended”, “Zero...
This month: “American Movie”, “Arrietty”, “Ask Me Anything”, “Being Flynn”, “Clockwatchers”, “Deadpool”, “The Descent”, “Dirty Grandpa”, “L’Enfant d’en haut”, “Ghosts”, “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell...
View ArticleFilm reviews 80: “The Jungle Book”, “10 Cloverfield Lane”, “Batman v...
This month: “Ashby”, “An Autumn Tale”, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Beyond the Lights” “Closet Monster”, “Couple in a Hole”, “Drifting Clouds” (pictured above), “Festival”, “Field of Dreams”,...
View ArticleFilm reviews 81: “Captain America: Civil War”, “Mustang”, “Special...
This month: “Attack the Block”, “Bad Words”, “Before Midnight”, “Before Sunrise”, “Before Sunset”, “Calvary”, “Captain America: Civil War”, “Crime and Punishment”, “Escape From Tomorrow”, “Everybody...
View ArticleFilm reviews 83: “Indignation”, “Bad Neighbours 2”, “How to Be Single”,...
This month: “After Hours”, “Anvil!: The Story of Anvil!”, “Bad Neighbours 2”, “Beats, Rhymes and Life”, “Blended”, “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”, “Embrace of the Serpent”, “Fire at Sea”, “Friday the...
View ArticleFilm reviews 83: “Now You See Me 2”, “Knight of Cups”, “Demolition”, “Keanu”,...
This month: “Alice in the Cities” (pictured above), “Brave”, “Celeste and Jesse Forever”, “Clean”, “The Decline of the American Empire”, “Ed Wood”, “The Fundamentals of Caring”, “Ghostbusters”, “Girl...
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