“We’re trudging through the slush”. Unlike its animated namesake, “The Snowman” is not a good film. Frustratingly it has all the right ingredients: A story by bestselling Nordic writer Jo Nesbø; Gorgeously photogenic snowy scenes of Oslo and Bergen; A stellar cast (Michael Fassbender (“Alien: Covenant“); Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation“); J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash“); … Read more
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
(All work and no play makes the Fad a very poor film reviewer! My apologies to my regular blog followers for the lack of recent posts). The Two Faces of January is a gripping and highly watchable film which I would highly recommend. Set in the sixties, it is undeniably “old school” – a twisted … Read more