Author Bertie Archer

Sir Michael Gifford is not a pleasant man. An aging actor quick to quote Shakespeare and shaken by his failing health, he is nonetheless a cantankerous, foul-mouthed, pompous ass – Brian Cox is perfect as...

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton Director: Tony Gilroy Writers: Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy Estimated Budget: $125 million US Gross: $113 million “There was never just one”, the...

Now You See Me 2’s pledge is simple: to be Now You See Me all over again. It’s no mistake or misdirection - this is the same trick they did last time. That doesn’t spoil all of the fun though - the...

The analysis of paralysis is nothing new to cinema, and the path taken here has a very well-trodden access ramp laid out by numerous predecessors, with the untouchable French classic Intouchables a clear...

The Boss is at best a continuation of Get Hard, that ill-though-through Will Ferrell (who incidentally produces The Boss) “comedy" of yesteryear, in which our cretinous central character is jailed despite...

Stick with Holding The Man; what starts as an awkward school-day skit (Corr and Stott are as convincing teenagers as Hill and Tatum are in Jump Street) becomes a touching story with superb lead and supporting...

Hanks’ Alan is a fish so far out of water that he’s stuck in the middle of the desert, and that’s about as subtle as the metaphors get. This is Tykwer's post-Cloud Atlas fever dream, a messy and...

Sing Street is a touching and toe-tapping delight from start to finish. Like an Irish, musical Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Sing Street transposes the universal themes of youth and growth through pop...

As couples therapy goes, tinkering with international espionage is an unconventional gambit. That is, however, the basic premise here. Flimsy foundation aside, Our Kind of Traitor ranks respectably within the...

The dust is settling after the smashing opening weekend of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest blockbuster, Captain America: Civil War. Before China and the USA - the two largest markets for Avengers: Age...

Streep is typically spectacular as the caterwauling clubwoman, giving a performance which treads the fine line between delicate and deluded with grace. Hell, she’s even a magnificent bad-singer. It’s a...

Golden Years is as grey as it gets. With plodding pace, decrepit cliché and a senile sense of storytelling, that this ever made it beyond ITV3’s film choice for a Tuesday morning is mind-boggling. The...

Civil War assembles the Avengers for an all-out all-star battle. With newcomers Black Panther and Spider-Man offering show-stealing highlights, appetites are left whetted for the future, rather than teased...

In capturing the inanity and immediacy of drone warfare, with its focus tipped toward political procrastination rather than military manoeuvres, Eye In The Sky is an effective entry into a timely...

Let's face it: it seems highly unlikely that anyone we know from Cloverfield is going to be in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Most of the characters end up certifiably or almost certainly dead, and talk of the new movie...