USA

  • On this week’s show I discussed the fourth film in the hugely popular dino-park films, Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Vincent D’Onofrio, and then Phil and… Read More

  • On Morning Brew this week I review Brad Peyton’s San Andreas, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the latest in a long line of disaster movies. Click here to listen Read More

  • Perhaps best known as the film for which a ten-year-old Tatum O’Neal won herself a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon is a beautifully constructed Depression-era caper… Read More

  • Perhaps best known as the film for which a ten-year-old Tatum O’Neal won herself a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon is a beautifully constructed Depression-era caper… Read More

  • This week on Radio 3’s Morning Brew I reviewed the fantastic documentary CITIZENFOUR, about Edward Snowden’s leaking of scandalous NSA activities, as well as summarising my recent interview with the… Read More

  • Hands up anyone else suffering from superhero fatigue? Marvel Studios isn’t solely to blame for this, but the sheer conviction and prolificity with which they have attacked their shared-universe building… Read More

  • It is staggering to realise that, while featuring as a supporting or peripheral figure in numerous films, Selma is the first big-screen motion picture focused on Martin Luther King, Jr.… Read More

  • Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More

  • Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More

  • This week on Radio 3 I talked about Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of the classic fairytale Cinderella, as well as Ava DuVernay’s stirring Martin Luthur King Jr biopic, Selma, which… Read More

  • Did I mention I’m now on the radio? Starting this year I have been lucky enough to land a regular movie review spot on RTHK Radio 3 here in Hong… Read More

  • A passion project for its star and producer Robert Downey Jr., The Judge is a suitably star-studded and performance-driven affair, following big city lawyer Hank Palmer, as he reluctantly returns… Read More

  • On this week’s show, Fernando and James discuss a few of the more prominent new films they have seen, including Morten Tyldum’s multiple Oscar nominee The Imitation Game, Tim Burton’s… Read More

  • Clint Eastwood’s latest military drama documents the true story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, reported to be the deadliest sniper in US history. A committed performance from Bradley Cooper anchors… Read More

  • Liam Neeson’s third outing as over-protective family man Bryan Mills sees him on the run for murder after his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) turns up dead in his apartment. Forest Whitaker… Read More

  • Liam Neeson’s third outing as over-protective family man Bryan Mills sees him on the run for murder after his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) turns up dead in his apartment. Forest Whitaker… Read More

  • After returning home early to discover his wife in bed with his boss, Judd Altman (Jason Bateman) sees his marriage, career and happy home disintegrate before his eyes. When his… Read More

  • Attempting to review Birdman, the new film from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, is somewhat trepidatious, not least because midway through the film, troubled protagonist Riggan Thompson launches into a bile-spewing tirade… Read More