Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mildred Hayes (played by Frances McDormand) has had a tough life. Her former husband was physically abusive, and her teenage daughter was recently raped and…
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February
14
November
Murder on the Orient Express
I never read Agatha Christie's book, nor did I see the original 1974 movie, so I went into this movie without any pre-conceived notions, other…
22
October
The Death of Stalin
Despite his name, write and director Armando Iannuci was actually born in Glasgow, and has made his name for acute comic observation of the political…
22
October
The Party
Sally Potter has a history of making arty films dating back to her best-known work Orlando (1992), though she made her first super 8 film…
06
October
Blade Runner 2049
Ridley Scott’s original “Blade Runner”, released in 1982, is an iconic science fiction film, ground-breaking in its striking sets and notable for some fine acting…
13
September
It
Stephen King’s story about a supernatural clown preying on children in a small town is updated from the 1950s to 1988, though the time-shift has…
11
September
Logan Lucky
Steven Soderbergh made his name with the wonderful “Sex Lies and Videotape”, but doubtless made considerably more money from the slick heist movie “Ocean's Eleven”…
11
September
Wind River
This film is written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, who previously directed “Sicario”, and received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay of “Hell or High…
30
July
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a very different kind of war movie. The dialogue is kept to a minimum, and the visuals and score do all the talking.…
18
July
War for the Planet of the Apes
What a pleasant surprise. A third instalment in a blockbuster franchise remake that actually holds up to the original. I would even say that of…