Horrific Beasts and How to Avoid Them. I seem to be in a bit of a minority in quite liking Ridley Scott’s last Alien outing – 2012’s “Prometheus”: a heady, if at times ponderous, theory to the origins of man. The first hour of that film is really good. But for me, what made the … Read more
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day”. In my review of “The Two Faces of January” I described it as a film that “will be particularly enjoyed by older viewers who remember when story and location were put far ahead of CGI-based special effects”. In … 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
As someone who has worked in computing for 30 years, I was greatly looking forward to Danny Boyle’s new ‘biopic’ (using the term fairly loosely) about Apple founder Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender). Whilst I can’t claim it was a bad film, I was ultimately slightly disappointed by the result. The film zeroes in on some … Read more
(Republishing due to wordpress seeming to have thrown away my original post). I love this time of year in the run up to the Oscars when the real power-house films come to the fore. 12 Years a Slave is a case in point: a hard film to watch, but ultimately a must see.  … Read more