2015

The usually charming Ewan McGregor swaps his smile for a semi-automatic in this tidy Australian crime story. Add his believable malevolence to his comfort with action and I wonder if this will spark a change […]

You know those films that always get watched when they pop up on TV? Kingsman is one of those films. Matthew Vaughn has created a ludicrously brilliant world. Full of self-aware spies, chavs and villains, […]

The AI in Ex Machina isn’t some sort of Skynet monster that deems us unnecessary; but we might be getting in the way of its hopes and dreams. A three-hander needs its cast to step […]

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman. Never was a saying more apt. The odds that the Hawking’s defy are matched by the sensitive and brave performances given by the lead […]

Taut and claustrophobic, In Fear kept me engrossed with tight direction and two believable main performances. When a new couple find themselves prey to series of strange occurrences in the Irish countryside they’re forced into […]

A sensational central performance from Benedict Cumberbatch, surrounded by a quality cast led by Keira Knightley, left me in tears. The Imitation Game may not always be factually correct, but it did a wonderful job […]

When it’s ripping people’s faces off I was both engrossed and grossed out by Wolfcop. But even in its short run time I found it dull and sagging when it tried to provide an actual […]