Book adaptations with long titles are made into films primarily to please women of a certain age who like a scone and a good natter about things - and I have no problem with that, it's nice. I've got a bit of time for Lily James, I think she has some talent and is very … Continue reading The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Season 2 This Christmas will see the climax of a very well conceived BBC drama series, in the fine tradition of their adaptations over the years of famous books for children and young adults, all of which contain some element of fantasy or magic. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Box of Delights, … Continue reading His Dark Materials S2
The dark nights are drawing in, the shadows are getting longer and someone is blowing on the back of your neck! DO NOT turn around, go into the basement / attic, or say "I'll be right back!" Also watch out for strangers in hats, creepy kids, loners, clowns and anyone with bulging eyes... because it … Continue reading 12 of the Best… Scary Movies
I would watch Emma Stone in almost anything. Her eyes are mesmerising, as is the quirky soul behind them. I find her instincts as a performer impossible to ignore. Something about her is just beyond what most people are capable of giving out, either as an actor or a person. She is smart, funny, modest, … Continue reading Maniac
Charlie Kaufman, man! Mad as a bus! But also a bone fide genius, in my book. And I do have a book. Has done for writing movies what David Lynch has done for directing them. Always interesting and worthy of conversation. Always accessible? Not so much. And this quirky gem is perhaps his zenith or … Continue reading I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Jessie Buckley. What an interesting CV in only a few years! Her name kept popping up, and having lived in Glasgow for a decade, it was not rare to bump into folk who knew her or knew of her. Even a few actors I knew locally had been involved in the making of Wild Rose, … Continue reading Wild Rose
There is only one real talking point when coming to this quirky little movie, and that, of course, is the overdue recognition of one of Hollywood's finest actresses over the last dozen years. Yes, the impeccable talent of Jessica Chastain finally won her Oscar, and quite right too! I have seen her in 16 of … Continue reading The Eyes of Tammy Faye
This is not a happy dream. It is also not, strictly speaking, a biopic. It is a fiction (an imagined nightmare) based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was nominated for the Pulizer prize in 2001, and at over 700 pages long, discusses in depth the themes of conspiracy, misogyny, professional abuse and … Continue reading Blonde
Well this was a special one. I can't believe it's coming on 2 years since it first arrived on Netflix. October 2020, when lockdown was a pattern and a routine of already checking the streaming service daily for anything new worth watching to alleviate the tedium of always being indoors. Its timing was as immaculate … Continue reading The Queen’s Gambit
A brief Micro-post review and Decinemal rating of 3 recent Oscar nominated documentary features I watched. 2 of them won the Oscar and the one that didn't should have... Steven Bognar & Julia ReichartNetflix 2019 Intriguing on a political and cultural level... to a degree. I was mostly engaged, but found it cared a lot … Continue reading Documentary Feature Triple Bill
The Wasteland 