The recent success of the superbly staged BBC production of John Le Carré’s “The Night Manager” with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie must have been music to the ears of the producers of “Our Kind of Traitor”. Was it the case that the film was held back by the studio for that very reason – … Read more
Gregory’s Commitments. Ah, the joy and pain of first love! Young Conor (aka Cosmo, played in his impressive debut by Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) has the smelly end of a shitty stick to deal with while growing up in 1980’s Dublin. He has warring parents with the need – for financial reasons – to move Conor from … Read more
Oh Lord, save us from stupid aliens. As a low-budget sci fi flick, The Fifth Wave starts quite promisingly with a more logical continuation from the opening scenes of “Independence Day”. The end of the world is nigh. An alien spacecraft has put itself into a threatening earth orbit (note: actually ‘orbiting’ – as … Read more
A gently comedic story of love and deceit. Perpetuating little white lies is part of everyday life and keeps society ticking over. But to what point is it acceptable to massage an ego with a dirty black lie. A real whopper. And is such a lie perpetuated by love? Greed? Or the pursuit of personal glory? … Read more
‘B’ for ‘Bastille’; ‘B’ for ‘B-movie’ Idris Elba plays “reckless and irresponsible” American CIA operative Sean Briar who is one step ahead of the French police in getting to the bottom of a fatal terrorist bombing in Paris. The apparent bomber is n’er do well pickpocket Michael Mason (Richard Madden, “Game of Thrones”, “Cinderella”) who … Read more