Film Review / ‘God’s Own Country’ (MA) *** Film Review / ‘God’s Own Country’ (MA) *** AFTER a substantial acting career in some favourite British TV series, and writing and directing…
Film Review / ‘The Lost City of Z’ (M) *** and a half Film Review / ‘The Lost City of Z’ (M) *** and a half A DAY of reviewing began with a saga covering 20 years in the career of…
Film Review / ‘Maudie’ (PG) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Maudie’ (PG) *** and a half THE environmental rigours of Nova Scotia provide the location for this biopic of a woman…
Film Review / ‘The King’s Choice’ (M) **** Film Review / ‘The King’s Choice’ (M) **** HITLER wanted Norway for its iron ore resources and the strategic bastion it offered against…
Film Review / ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ (PG) **** and a half Film Review / ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ (PG) **** and a half I WONDER how many elected politicians, captains of industry, financiers, opinion pundits, media stars and…
Film Review / ‘Wind River’ (MA) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Wind River’ (MA) *** and a half UNTIL its end, when titles proclaim an unexpected purpose, Taylor Sheridan’s second feature as director…
Film Review / ‘The Time of Their Lives’ (M) *** Film Review / ‘The Time of Their Lives’ (M) *** IF you are an indefatigable watcher of British TV series dramas you may have seen…
Film Review / ‘Atomic Blonde’ (MA) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Atomic Blonde’ (MA) *** and a half THERE'S nothing about nuclear stuff in former stuntman-now-director David Leitch’s stylish actioner for which Kurt…
Film Review / ‘The Trip To Spain’ (M) ** and a half Film Review / ‘The Trip To Spain’ (M) ** and a half AFTER trips around the UK and Italy accompanied by a crew led by noted filmmaker…
Film Review / ‘A Monster Calls’ (PG) *** and a half Film Review / ‘A Monster Calls’ (PG) *** and a half GIVE thanks that the monster in Spanish director JA Bayona’s gentle fantasy based on Patrick…
Film Review / ‘Kiki, Love to Love’ (MA) ** Film Review / ‘Kiki, Love to Love’ (MA) ** IN 2014, Queenslander Josh Lawson made a film called “The Little Death”, which is a…
Film Review / ‘A Ghost Story’ (M) *** Film Review / ‘A Ghost Story’ (M) *** FILMMAKER David Lowery’s film rather defies the conventions of the ghost genre. It spends a…