I’ve never seen…Breakfast at Tiffany’s
To give you an idea of how far my prior ignorance of this film went, before watching I thought it was about Audrey Hepburn playing a character called Tiffany who […]
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
The latest Britcom to get the obligatory big-screen treatment is Ab Fab, observing the time-honoured sitcom movie tradition of taking the characters abroad, darling. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are still a booze-swilling, chain-smoking, fashion-bothering […]
Elvis & Nixon
What do you get when you cross Elvis and Nixon? The psychobilly answer is Mojo Nixon. Otherwise, it’s a new movie based on the 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and […]
Son of Saul
This is a harrowing drama about a Jewish man enslaved in a death camp – forced to help dispose of the massacred bodies. When he witnesses the murder of a […]
Money Monster
George Clooney, Jack O’Connell and Cenk Uygur star in Money Monster, not to be confused with the Honey Monster – though like Sugar Puffs, the film is enjoyable at the time but ultimately unsatisfying. During […]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Set at some point between our time and 1,000 years in the future when Charlton Heston is due to land, this follows the ape uprising of Conquest, documenting the tensions […]
The Darkness
The latest laughable title from Bumhouse is The Darkness, not to be confused with the rock band of the same name – though like the band, this film is shrill and doomed to […]
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is clearly a film made by people who love ABBA. This is evidenced by their absolute conviction that ABBA songs, even ABBA songs sung and staged horribly, require […]
Friend Request
Friend Request is directed by Simon Verhoeven, the grandson of German director Paul Verhoeven – as opposed to the famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (I’m confused). Friend Request is the latest entry into the surprisingly […]
Victoria
This German thriller takes place in the small hours in Berlin, and follows a young Spanish woman (Laia Costa) who hits it off with a local guy (Frederick Lau) – until things […]
