Enola Holmes – Review Fatima Sheriff September 12, 2020 Reviews On her sixteenth birthday, Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) has her life upturned when her mother and mentor (Helena Bonham Carter) disappears, leaving her at the mercy of the misanthropic Mycroft (Sam Claflin,...
Ocean’s 8 – Review Tom Bond June 13, 2018 Reviews It’s still depressingly rare for a film to have all women in the lead roles, but Ocean’s 8 would have been worthy of very little attention if that was the only remarkable thing about it. Instead, it...
What Happened To Tim Burton? Patrick Taylor September 27, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion Nearly all of us, if asked, could instantly point to a handful of films Tim Burton has directed, so distinctive is his style. Yet despite this distinctly privileged position, it's not hard to detect an...
Alice Through The Looking Glass – Review Phil W. Bayles May 28, 2016 Reviews Say what you will about Tim Burton’s much-maligned Alice in Wonderland, but at least it was recognisably an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel. James Bobin’s sequel, Alice Through The Looking...
Suffragette – LFF Review Tori Brazier October 7, 2015 Reviews Suffragette humanizes the struggle for voting equality in 1912, bringing its harsh (force-fed) realities to the fore as downtrodden laundress Maud (a top-notch Carey Mulligan) is pulled into the Women’s...
Cinderella – Berlinale 2015 Review Danielle Davenport February 17, 2015 Reviews There are some who might approach Cinderella with cynicism or circumspection. Abandon these sentiments. Yes, the film begins somewhat too treacly, complete with melodramatic exchanges and breathily gasped...
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet – Review Cameron Ward June 12, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Jean-Pierre Jeunet's visually stunning adaptation of Reif Larsen's similarly-titled novel boasts impressive performances and well-crafted design, but ultimately forgets the importance of thematic integration -...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: The Lone Ranger Tom Bond February 26, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful 4 Comments For Your Consideration: The Lone Ranger Cast: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham-Carter Director: Gore Verbinski Writer: Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott, Terry...