Author Bertie Archer

The Intouchables is about the inappropriate. Not in any gross-out or controversial way - instead, it shows that the inappropriate choice can be exactly what is needed in any situation, and for that The...

https://vimeo.com/125527643 The Alchemist’s Letter is a beautiful, inventive animation, filled with detail. Ever evolving into new scenes, each adding another layer of artistry, this is the...

Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...

From their portacabin of death, all-American jocks get to blow shit up with only RSI to fear; the lady cries yet complies; Ethan Hawke has a moral crisis whilst remaining utterly immoral; Betty Draper makes an...

The Water Diviner is a poignant, beautiful and captivating film, showing the ongoing ravages on both sides after WW1’s Gallipoli campaign. The extraordinary courage needed from a man who lost everything...

Suite Française shows the civilian casualties of war, taking attention far from the frontline to an untroubled countryside. Williams and Schoenaerts display a compelling chemistry in their doubly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBIK3Oau4mY The toss of a coin, a locked door, (un)lucky timing: in 16 short minutes The Window plays out the consequences, intended and unforeseen, as seemingly...

From the brief setup and first exhilarating droid deployment (complete with bot’s-eye view camerawork), Chappie appears to fulfill the premise’s potential to be this director’s masterwork. Watch with...

Ethan Hawke swaps Boyhood for boredom in Predestination, the latest film to get lost in time travel. Despite a promising premise and outlandish imagination, Predestination fails overall to be fresh or...

Jupiter Ascending is simply disappointing. The Wachowskis' latest film is confused, creative, crazed, colourful and contradictory, the original promise squandered by schlocky rehashes of the directors’...

Putting the pugnacious into Pygmalion, Kingsman arrives to save the day. Egerton is terrific throughout his “My Fair Lad” transformation from street kid to superspy through a lethal training programme....

South Africa was on the brink of civil war in the early 1990s. Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was not the start of the troubles - he had been in prison for decades for fighting the institutional...

When medical catastrophe hits star-crossed lovers, a charming Cambridge romance lurches into powerful melancholy. As the viewer eyes into the Hawkings' extraordinary life, Jones completely sells the...

Ten, nine, eight, seven... Every year has its fill of "must see" films, with dramatic classics and bash-'em-up blockbusters vying for our attention and our money. One Room With A View's Top 20 Films of 2014...

Retelling the famous tale of six men on a handmade raft in the unknown Pacific, Kon-Tiki is saturated with the spirit of adventure. For much of the time at sea there is no score and the astonishing sounds of...