Paddington 2 – Review Jack Blackwell October 28, 2017 Reviews In the time between the release of the sublime first Paddington film in 2014 and the debut of its sequel this year, the UK has become a darker place. Brexit and isolationist xenophobia hang heavy in the air,...
Florence Foster Jenkins – Review Bertie Archer May 8, 2016 Reviews 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...
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – Review Bertie Archer August 16, 2015 Reviews If this is how Ritchie and Cavill Bond, we’re lucky they never did. Aside from a microdot of genuine excitement and energy, U.N.C.L.E. is a masterclass in mundane, insubstantial espionage. U.N.C.L.E....
Where Did All The Good Ones Go? The Death of the Romcom Olivia Luder January 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion 1 Comment Romantic comedies don’t win awards. Rarely are they rapturously received, and they’re an easy cinematic target for the average armchair critic. Formulaic, clichéd and predictable, much of the criticism...
The Rewrite – Review Rachel Brook October 11, 2014 Reviews Grant’s washed-up screenwriter is a familiar but less charismatic version of his over-the-hill musician in Lawrence’s Music and Lyrics. The Rewrite suffers by comparison; there’s nothing to rival the...
