‘Birds of Prey’ Review: A Very Messy Delight
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) has been dumped by the Joker (no one). Desperately trying to find a new identity, Harley finds that the protection she...
Author: Paul Salt
Top 100 Movies of the 2010s
Sometimes the sheer number of outstanding and truly affecting films can be overwhelming. The end of a decade affords the opportunity to reflect and focus...
‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Terence Malick Returns to Substance
As the second world war starts, Austrian farmer Franz Jagerstatter (August Diehl) is forced to compromise his morals and join the German army. Facing enormous...
‘Cats’ Review: Fascinatingly Bad
Cats is one of the strangest films ever made. Adapted from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long running musical, almost no changes have been made to the...
Top 30 Films of 2019
What an extraordinary year in cinema 2019 has been. A year of climax and anticlimax. Immense cinematic universes collided at the box office, with Disney’s...
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Review: The Force Goes Back To Sleep
The Emperor is alive and wants to resume control of the galaxy by manipulating Kylo Ren, the villainous supreme commander of the first order. Rey...
‘Weathering With You’ Review: Get Swept Away in the Rain
Makoto Shinkai explores a darker side to Tokyo and magic in the story of Hodaka, a young boy who runs away from home and meets...
‘Marriage Story’ Review: Scenes From a Nicer Marriage
Writer Director Noah Baumbach returns to the subject of his first film, divorce. But whereas the Squid and the Whale definitely favourite the children’s perspective,...
‘Frozen 2’ Review: Rebuilding a Snowman
Having come to terms with her powers, Elsa rules Arendelle with her sister Anna in peace. However a distance is growing between them. Anna fears...
‘The Aeronauts’ Review: Dizzying Heights for Felicity Jones
Show woman Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) takes to the skies with nervous young scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne). As Glaisher tries to push them further...