Fighting With My Family
Wrestling is not a very big sport in Europe, and also in the UK it was largely marginalised when it disappeared from mainstream TV in…
Genres: Comedy
09
May
08
May
Cold Pursuit
A handful of directors are members of an exclusive club: those who make a US version of their own European movie. The most well-known, and…
04
February
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Review by Andy Hayler (11-Feb-2019) “Can You Ever Forgive Me” is a true-life tale of a literary forger. Biographer Lee Israel, played by Melissa McCarthy,…
31
January
Green Book
The movie claims to be 'based on a true friendship' between pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his driver Frank Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), better known…
29
January
Polar
So first of all you have to go into this movie with the right mindset: it is a graphic novel adaptation, and it is as…
09
January
The Old Man & The Gun
The story of bankrobber Forrest Tucker "is, also, mostly true" according the opening scene. The 'mostly' probably refers to the fact that the story we…
07
January
Ladies in Black
Sydney 1959; we find ourselves in Goode's department store where Lisa (Angourie Rice) starts a summer job over the holiday period as she awaits the…
09
November
Crazy Rich Asians
If you think of Crazy Rich Asians as My Big Fat Chinese Wedding you sort of get the picture. Take a handful of Chinese 'deep'…
07
November
Juliet, Naked
Annie (Rose Byrne) lives with her boyfriend Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) and they find themselves in a deep rut, something she sort of know but lacks…
11
February
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…