‘Darkest Hour’ Review: Churchill Gets off Lightly in this Thrilling War-time Biopic
Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill biopic details his first few weeks in office after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, one year into the Second World War....
Author: Paul Salt
‘Molly’s Game’ review: Walking, Talking and High Stakes Poker in Aaron Sorkin’s Directorial Debut
Molly’s Game is about highly intelligent, fast-talking people struggling to maintain their powerful positions in the high-pressure environment of the upper echelons of society. Incidentally,...
Molly’s Game
Molly’s game is about highly intelligent, fast-talking people struggling to maintain their powerful positions in the high-pressure environment of the upper echelons of society. Incidentally,...
Just How Welcome is, ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’?
The prospect of returning to the world’s most involving board game, Jumanji, is a nostalgic prospect for me. As a child I was very fond...
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is a Perfect Blockbuster
Warning: Moderate Spoilers. If you have not yet seen The Last Jedi, I suggest reading only the final two paragraphs. Rian Johnson steps up to...
‘The Disaster Artist’ Review: Tommy Wiseau Biopic Finds the Man Behind the Memes.
James Franco’s new film details the true life story of the friendship between Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, up to and including the troubled production...
Manhunter Revisited: The 80s Have Never Been So Thrilling
Manhunter is interesting as an early Michael Mann film and the first attempt to bring Thomas Harris’ world of serial killers to the big screen,...
‘Suburbicon’ Review: Is the Coens, Clooney Collaboration Really That Bad?
George Clooney’s sixth directorial feature concerns a quiet family town which is shaken by two events: the arrival of a black family and the home...
From the London Film Festival 2017: ‘Blade of the Immortal’ Review
Taskeshi Miike made a rare London appearance today at the festival to introduce his 100th film, though he attests that he didn’t realise it was...
Preview: ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Looks Like the Thrilling Conclusion the Series Needs.
The final part in Wes Ball’s adaptation of the trilogy of young adult novels by James Dashner, Maze Runner: The Death Cure sees Thomas (Dylan...