The Shape of Water (2018) – Film Review Shape of Water externally recalls the American 1950s B-movies but is set during the early 1960s and both contains and subverts the conventions established in that format which turns what could have been a routine monster flick into a romance story. There are scientists, government agents, soldiers, […]
Black Panther makes good on the cultural event hype; more importantly it’s yet another great Marvel super-hero movie
Black Panther (2018) – Film Review The Marvel super-hero juggernaut rolls on with the 18th in a hugely successful series of films over the last decade. Black Panther has threatened to go beyond its mere movie origins to become a blockbusting cultural film moment containing many excellent black actors and the finished film – directed […]
Early Man is a wonderfully eccentric, and funny, British animation from the makers of Wallace and Gromit
Early Man (2018) – Film Review It’s a measure of their Hollywood success that Aardman Animation, with four-time Oscar-winning director Nick Park, continues to make appealing stop-motion films of the quality of Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run – their latest effort Early Man is sure to be popular too. Their latest […]
The Post is a well acted and a timely, important drama, perhaps a little too polished in places
The Post (2017) – Film Review There’s a series of eerie cameo voice moments in The Post – a president who rages at the media, threatening legal action. Of course these are voice recordings of President Richard Nixon, about a time long ago in the hey-day of a free press which was lauded in the […]
Coco is a return to form for Pixar – a fantastic family adventure
Coco (2017) – Film Review The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that probably isn’t too familiar to non-hispanic cultures but Pixar have hit upon another excellent story that remains fresh despite a necessarily exposition-heavy beginning. What draws us into the story is the richness of the characters and the cleverly created family […]