The thin and crooked blue line. Triple 9, set in the gun-ridden streets of Atlanta, is surprisingly well executed and at times impressive to look at. But it does leave a rather unpleasant after-taste:  like last year’s Liam Neeson vehicle “Run All Night”, virtually noone in the film has a redeeming feature which makes it … Read more
A movie with limited magnetic attraction. On the day that Britain voted to leave the European Union it feels fairly appropriate to review a film with “Apocalypse” in the title. I appreciate I’m late to the game with this review, but for me the X-Men films have always been in the ‘see if I have … Read more
Clooney’s TV star is forced to take stock If you are patient enough to sit through end titles you might notice that the MPAA certificate number at the end of films has now passed 50,000 (if you are curious, number 50,000 was actually a non-entity of a film called “Chloe and Theo”, with “Steve Jobs” … Read more
A raucous buddy comedy… and stuff. I’m sure this film is going to divide audiences, in the same way that “Kingsman” did.  It’s 1977 Los Angeles. Star Wars has premiered. Disco is in full swing. And porn star Misty Mountains has just died (spectacularly). It’s pretty disturbing then that dodgy licensed private investigator Holland … Read more
H is for Hologram. I is for Inconsistent. J is for Jumble. K is for King. In terms of bankable movie experiences, you can seldom go wrong with a Tom Hanks movie can you? While there are a few pages in his portfolio he might prefer to forget (“The Bonfire of the Vanities” anyone?) his movies … Read more