The Leisure Seeker
‘MEMORIES AND TEARS ACCOMPANY HELEN MIRREN AND DONALD SUTHERLAND ON A REASSURINGLY SOPPY ROAD TRIP.’
Movies
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
‘PAINFULLY LAME WARTIME ROMANCE IN A BOOK CLUB ON NAZI GUERNSEY.’
Let The Sunshine In
‘STYLISH FRENCH COMIC DRAMA ABOUT JULIETTE BINOCHE’S LOVE-SEEKING PARISIAN PAINTER.’
Funny Cow
‘MAXINE PEAKE TRIUMPHS THROUGH THE TEARS AS A 70S NORTHERN STAND-UP.’
Custody
‘TENSE FRENCH DRAMA ABOUT A BITTER DIVORCE AND ITS VICTIMS.’
Rampage
‘OUTRAGEOUS MONSTER MASH WITH DWAYNE JOHNSON SAVING CHICAGO FROM A GENETICALLY GIANT GORILLA, WOLF AND ALLIGATOR.’
Ready Player One
‘SPIELBERG DIRECTS DIZZYING VR GAMING ADVENTURE LIKE A GRANDAD WITH A JOYSTICK.’
Mary Magdalene
‘THERE’S NO PASSION IN THIS INSIGHT-LESS REVISIONING OF THE JESUS STORY, STARRING MOON-FACE ROONEY MARA AND HAIRY HIPPIE JOAQUIN PHOENIX.’
A Fantastic Woman
‘TRANS ACTRESS DANIELA VEGA TRANSFIXES IN FABULOUS, OSCAR-NOMINATED CHILEAN DRAMA ABOUT A CABARET SINGER HARASSED BY HER DEAD LOVER’S FAMILY.’
Documentaries
Westwood: Punk Icon Activist
‘DOC TRIES TO FIND PUNK ESSENCE OF VIVIENNE BUT COMES UP SHORT.’
I, Tonya and The Ice King
‘A PAIR OF CONTRASTING ICE SKATING MOVIES – SPOTLIGHT THE TROUBLED SOULS BEHIND THE FIXED SMILES OF TONYA HARDING AND JOHN CURRY.’
The Final Year
‘REVEALING DOC FOLLOWING TEAM OBAMA DURING LAST 12 MONTHS IN OFFICE.’
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
‘THIS DREARY DOC ABOUT A MISERABLE BLOKE WHO BEHAVES LIKE A DICK CERTAINLY GAVE ME THE BLUES.’
Jane
‘WONDERFUL ADVENTURE DOC ABOUT APES, HUMAN NATURE AND ONE WOMAN’S DREAMS.’
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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
‘INTIMATE BUT ELLIPTIC DOC PORTRAIT OF A JAMAICAN DIVA, WITH SPECTACULAR CONCERT FOOTAGE, BACKSTAGE TANTRUMS, FAMILY SECRETS AND BRILLIANT HATS.’ ★★★★☆
Bertrand Tavernier – How To Be An Expert in French Film in just over Three Hours
Here’s my review of documentary My Journey Through French Cinema ★★★★☆
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
“FATALLY DULL FOLLOW-UP TO A VITAL MODERN ISSUE, FOLLOWING AL GORE ON MORE LECTURE TOURS – SADLY, GLACIERS MOVE QUICKER.” ★★☆☆☆