Review

The Nice Guys

Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling form an unlikely but brilliant partnership as low-level private eyes in 70s Los Angeles in Shane Black’s black comedy noir. Listen to my review (at… Read More
A Bigger Splash

Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson and a fantastic Ralph Fiennes star in this sexually charged and drug fuelled drama that is one of the year’s very best films. Listen… Read More
Alice Through The Looking Glass

Alice returns to Underland to help Johnny Depp’s Hatter overcome his grief, angering Sacha Baron Cohen’s Time in the process. Listen to my review Read More
The Last Race

Long after 1981’s Chariots of Fire immortalised “Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell for refusing to run on a Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics, an unofficial sequel arrives, dramatising his later… Read More
Warcraft

Duncan Jones helms this ambitious adaptation of the hugely popular video game property, but is it actually any good? Listen to my review (at 34:10) Read More
The Conjuring 2

James Wan brings us another spine-chilling tale of poltergeists and demonic possessions to largely winning effect. Listen to my review Read More
Now You See Me 2

After the surprise success of 2013’s Now You See Me, master illusionists The Four Horsemen reunite for another impossible heist, this time in Macau. Read my review Read More
Pasolini

From one controversial filmmaker to another, Abel Ferrara’s reverent portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last day alive serves as both a fan’s impassioned eulogy and a speculative glimpse at what… Read More
Sing Street

After the Oscar-winning success of Once and the more divisive response to Begin Again, Irish filmmaker John Carney turns a nostalgic eye to the 1980s and his own formative years… Read More
A Perfect Day

Aid workers and war reporters are often portrayed the same way in cinema, either as naive idealists or jaded burnouts, living for the job at the expense of everything else.… Read More
The Angry Birds Movie

The smash hit smartphone app evolves into a big screen animated movie about a gang of irritable birds who must rescue their island’s eggs from a boatload of evil pigs.… Read More
April And The Extraordinary World

April and her talking cat Darwin head off on an adventure littered with espionage and intrigue in this stunning steampunk sci-fi epic. Listen to my review Read More
Regression

Alejandro Amenabar looks to recapture the supernatural chills of his international hit The Others with Regression, a murky detective thriller set during the “satanic panic” that swept the US during… Read More
The Program

Ben Foster gives a terrifying yet somewhat opaque performance as shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong, whose doping exploits were exposed by Chris O’Dowd’s crusading reporter. Listen to my review (at 25:40) Read More
The Wave

Norway proves you don’t need a Hollywood budget to create an effective disaster movie. Eschewing the ensemble approach to focus on one family’s struggle, The Wave rises to the occasion.… Read More
The Jungle Book

Jon Favreau delivers a rollicking big-screen adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, further pushing the envelope of what CGI can do. Listen to my review Read More
Mon Roi

Emmanuelle Bercot won Best Actress at Cannes for her portrayal as a hospitalised woman reflecting on her relationship with Vincent Cassel’s playboy. Listen to my review (at 33:20) Read More
X-Men: Apocalypse

Professor X, Magneto et al return once more when ultimate mutant Apocalypse resurfaces, looking to take over the world. Listen to my review (at 04:45) Read More