2018

I have not taken on-board the fact that my daughter always wakes up between 6am and 7am. So I still go to bed between 11pm and 12pm and wonder why I’m not as fresh as […]

With The Death of Stalin writer/director Armando Iannucci has crafted a fine tale that deftly walks a tightrope of emotions, veering from the truly ghastly to the hilarious. It takes liberties with history, but as […]

Whether by muscular stride or by hammer strike, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joe thuds his way through a life full of tragedy. A lonely and violent existence, punctuated by checking on his elderly Mother or discovering his […]

With a set of performances that veer from manic to pathetic to bored, Ghost Rider is a noisy mess that tries to fool you into thinking it’s doing a lot when really it barely hangs […]

I guess this is less a review and more a ‘lessons learned’. It’s a shame that Arrival became the basis of learning them: Some films should not be watched on a plane. Just because you […]

high-conceptadjective [ usually before noun ] ​based on an interesting and attractive idea that can be explained in a simple way The term high-concept came up when I was looking into the background behind Tag. The […]