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
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
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
Shia LaBeouf. What is he about? There is a mysterious intensity going on there, and for sure he is watchable, but I don't quite "like" anything he does. I found this coming of age / unlikely buddy film a bit throw-away therefore, to be honest. It was absolutely fine and unoffensive but also didn't move … Continue reading The Peanut Butter Falcon
Great cast. Great script. I lapped up the Sorkin dialogue and breakneck political inteligensia. The big speeches got me in exactly the way they were meant to, and I found the whole subject fascinating from start to finish. It did feel quite made for TV rather than cinematic at times, but I can't find much … Continue reading The Trial of the Chicago 7
A quite slight distraction avaliable as an Amazon Prime release, featuring two of our most likable, talented and ever so British young actors - the versatile Felicity Jones. Who I adore, and Eddie Redmayne, who won me over with The Theory of Everything, after a period of mild skepticism regarding his talent. Enough adventure and … Continue reading The Aeronauts
More of the same that made the original so charming, but a bit meandering script-wise. Seems like they missed as many tricks as they pulled off - especially why on Earth it isn't called Ralph Wreaks the Internet??? Colourful and funny enough to be entertaining. Unmemorable enough to miss out on classic animation status. Decinemal … Continue reading Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Wasteland 