The Danish Girl
Inspired by the life of transgender artist Lili Elbe, The Danish Girl stars Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander as married painters in 1920s Copenhagen, a place apparently populated by posh Brits. Initially, I […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I won’t give any plot details here as you can probably guess the kind of things that happen and […]
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea has the unenviable twin tasks of a) going up against the new Star Wars film and b) trying to make a whale movie half […]
Grandma
Grandma is a new comedy/drama from the director of Little Fockers. Wait, come back…! Lily Tomlin gives a note-perfect performance as an acerbic academic, whose granddaughter (Julia Garner, also terrific) shows […]
The Peanuts Movie
Everyone’s favourite blockhead is back, just in time for Christmas! But enough about Chris Evans’ new memoir – here’s The Peanuts Movie. Here in the UK, it’s called Snoopy and Charlie Brown: […]
Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies is the latest historical thriller from Steven Spielberg which details a spy swap during the height of the Cold War. Tom Hanks plays a lawyer who ends […]
Carol
“Oh Carol,” Chuck Berry once sang, “don’t let him steal your heart away.” Or her, in the case of this romance based on Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt. Carol tells […]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 3D
I think this yoghurt is haunted. That’s the last time I buy Paranormal Activia. I’ve wasted enough time complaining about found footage films, so I’ll spare you another rant about watching […]
Steve Jobs
From the writer of The Social Network comes the story of a socially inept inventor who founded a giant tech company. Who says Hollywood has no new ideas? Steve Jobs […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Everybody’s favourite dystopian gameshow is back – but enough about The Apprentice, here’s the final Hunger Games movie. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is too long, both as a title […]
