I, Tonya dir. by Craig Gillespie
Back in 1994 I was 15, and I didn’t have any real interest in figure skating. So vague stories of “the incident” that resulted in Nancy Kerrigan getting hit in the...
18 March 2018
Se7en dir. by David Fincher
I can still remember going to see this film in the cinema more than twenty years ago. It is one of those films that has always stayed with me. And what’s...
9 March 2018
Feb 2018 round up
In February I read 5 books : The wind in the willows by Kenneth Grahame The book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch The making of Mollie by Anna Carey The Unwomanly...
2 March 2018
Black Panther dir. by Ryan Coogler
This film is so awesome. I loved it. I mean, I’d heard good things before I went, although I did try to ignore most of it because pre-hype doesn’t work for...
18 February 2018
Her dir. by Spike Jonze
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. I like Joaquin Phoenix, as an actor obviously. I know...
16 February 2018
The shape of water dir. by Guillermo del Toro
A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love...
14 February 2018
Prevenge dir. by Alice Lowe
Ruth is a murderer. Seven months pregnant she believes her unborn child is telling her, forcing her, to murder people. She has her targets, arranges meetings or dresses up to entice...
14 January 2018
Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri dir. by Martin McDonagh
Ever since I first heard about this film I was hoping it would come to my local cinema. Frances McDormand is a wonderful actor and usually played fascinating characters. But then...
13 January 2018
Star Wars: The last Jedi dir. by Rian Johnson
I’m afraid to say that I am one of the people who were disappointed by The Last Jedi. The one word description I can give of it is “mess”. That’s pretty...
19 December 2017
The fugitive dir. by Andrew Davies
Do you remember when it was a big deal when a film came on the telly? I can remember the hype around The Fugitive, not when it was in the cinema,...
5 November 2017
Monty Python and the Holy Grail dir. by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
I’m not quite sure when I first watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but I know I wasn’t too young. Certainly a teenager. I’d heard of Monty Python but was...
5 November 2017
Blade Runner 2049 dir. by Denis Villeneuve
Sequel to Blade Runner Set thirty years after the first Blade Runner, this film is not set in our future, but in an alternate future. One that is bleak and brutal...
15 October 2017