Author Joni Blyth

This film was originally reviewed in October 2020 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets sets out to break the rules of cinema. Why do we have to distinguish between...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2020 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. Everyone daydreams of life in the skies, taking wing and soaring through the clouds. But let’s be real,...

Crime doesn’t pay. Or at least, it doesn’t pay well. Kajillionaire’s con artists are a far cry from ripping off a Vegas bank; a good day’s haul to the Dynes is a gift certificate and a big rock....

Surprising combinations are the spice of life. Country music and hip hop, footballers’ wives and hard-boiled sleuthing – 2019 has been a great year for the unexpected mash-up, and none have proven quite as...

Leonidas. Atilla the Hun. Beowulf. Dracula. The Phantom. Gerard Butler has covered an impressive number of legendary figures in his 20-year career, wielding swords and growling in every century we have a...

We’re back in the MCU after the Endgame – and where better to start over than with Spidey? Everyone has their favourite Spider-Man, but Tom Holland’s iteration will certainly go down as one of the best...

Faux-eco-friendly corporations. Workplace discrimination. Startup culture. Corporate Animals is one trade union song away from a revolutionary call to arms, and all the better for it. Politically speaking,...

After the Wedding cuts through its own melodrama at a clippy pace. Third-act twists are delivered halfway through; director Bart Freundlich is more interested in living in the fallout than trying to shock you...

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cringe at awkward speeches – The Farewell is like any good family wedding, or any good funeral come to think of it. In her sophomore feature, writer-director Lulu Wang...

No one thought John Wick would last this long. No one thought John Wick would last this long. Both franchise and protagonist appeared to us with what seemed like a short shelf-life. Nevertheless, the Baba Yaga...

A remake of a remake, The Hustle uses its opening credits to set its sights in a different area: the Saturday morning cartoon. Our two leads cartwheel through Hanna Barbera-inspired capers reminiscent of all...

Zac Efron is certainly enjoying himself in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Sexy serial killer is definitely in his wheelhouse, and Efron goes for broke, hamming it up as the infamously charming...

He’s Al Swearengen. He’s Lovejoy. He’s Odin. He’s Lancashire’s greatest export since the Jelly Baby. You know him, you fear him, you can’t resist his wild eyes – Ian McShane has us all in the...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 21/10/2018. Benjamin is a bleak and hilarious glimpse straight into the mind of Simon Amstell. His insecurities and...

After an eight-year gap, Joe Cornish finally returns to the silver screen with his sophomore feature, The Kid Who Would Be King. What better time than this to look back at his debut feature, Attack the...