What Men Want (2019)
When his undeniable charisma was enough to bury his true misogynistic mentality, Mel Gibson anchored the 2000 comedy What Women Want to a near $400m worldwide haul. The film itself…
Alita: Battle Angel – Second Take (2019)
I’ll admit, I was tentative entering the screening for Alita: Battle Angel for a number of reasons. The film is directed by Robert Rodriguez, who in this reviewer’s opinion hasn’t…
If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)
If Beale Street Could Talk is an important and heartbreaking film, that further proves Jenkins as an immeasurably talented filmmaker, with a voice that matches his cinematic vision.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
The technical innovation and wizardry of Alita: Battle Angel are well worth the price of admission, if and only if, you can stomach a stodgy YA script that seems to be copied and pasted from the Twilight Saga.
Cold Pursuit (2019)
If you walk into Cold Pursuit expecting it to fall in line with Liam Neeson’s other action ventures – mainly the Taken series – prepare to be either vastly disappointed…
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
The real-life Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a hero of the movement to remove sexual discrimination from laws in the USA. In On the Basis of Sex, Felicity Jones dons a…
Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade is a crystallisation of female adolescent angst. Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) is sexually curious but unable to do anything about it. She seeks friendship but lacks the confidence…
The Front Runner (2018)
After his forays into more melodramatic territory resulted in the less-than-stellar Men, Women & Children and Labor Day, Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner is something of a return to form.…
Glass (2019)
I am mildly baffled by some critics labelling Glass Shyamalan’s biggest disappointment of his career. Really? Did they sleep through The Happening? For the benefit of the doubt, okay, perhaps the disappointment lies…
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
With a story that is at once savage and thought provoking, visuals that are grand in all their execution, and powerhouse turns from Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie at its…