bobwp “Before I Go To Sleep” is an effective psychological thriller. Nicole Kidman plays Christine Lucas, someone who if she saw “50 First Dates” wouldn’t remember it the morning afterwards! She wakes as a forty-something ‘housewife’ in her suburban home every morning with Ben (Colin Firth) in bed next to her. However, she can remember little … Read more
The Hundred-Foot Journey is based on the novel by Richard C. Morais. It tells the story of the combative relationship between an Indian family, headed by ‘Papa’ (Om Puri), who opens a traditional Indian restaurant called “La Maison Mumbai” in a rural French village directly opposite the Michelin 1-star restaurant run by the fanatically focused … Read more
Probably few things have divided the British people more in the last forty years than Margaret Thatcher’s time as Conservative leader. The pivot point for that hatred/worship was the protracted dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers in 1984/85. Arthur Scargill led the miners in a fight to the death against pit closures and their … Read more
“As Above, So Below” is mutton dressed up as lamb. A movie with such a marketing budget behind it should never be trusted. It starts with an Indiana Jones sort of vibe – actually, less Indiana Jones and more “National Treasure meets Harry Potter”. Welsh born Perdita Weeks plays Scarlett, an archaeologist come alchemist come … Read more
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) is a Danish movie with subtitles, which might immediately put some of you off – – but you should definitely give this one a go. Nikolaj Lie Kaas (who some may know from TV serial “The Killing”) plays the gloomy and arrogant homicide detective Carl Mørck. His … Read more