Review – Chilly drama ‘Allure’ sees Evan Rachel Wood as an abused woman turned abuser
Beguiling performances almost rescue an unsatisfying, opaque narrative in Allure, written and directed by the Canadian Sanchez brothers.
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Drama
Blu-ray Review – Courtroom drama ‘Inherit the Wind’ features a heavyweight acting clash
The right to teach evolution is on trial in this compelling courtroom drama based on the true ‘Monkey Trial’ of the 1920s.
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Blu-ray Review – Away from casting controversy, ‘All the Money in the World’ is just a bloated kidnap thriller
It has been six months since All the Money in the World undertook ambitious reshoots, so does the film hold up away from the headlines?
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Review – ‘That Good Night’ gives John Hurt a poignant final role
John Hurt lends real poignancy to this tale of a creative genius watching as his faculties begin to fade away in the wake of illness.
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Review – Jean-Luc Godard drama ‘Redoubtable’ is an intolerable cinephile circlejerk
If you’re a fan of French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, then Redoubtable might give you a flicker of cinephile joy. Otherwise, it’s a damp squib.
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Review – ‘Tully’ shows Charlize Theron as the epitome of exasperated parenthood
Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis deliver widely differing worldviews in this new collaboration between Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody.
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Blu-ray Review – Oscar-winning ‘Marty’ (1955) is a stripped-down, sweet romance
Delbert Mann’s exquisitely under-played romance Marty is a gentle, emotional drama with such a big heart that it’s impossible not to love it.
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Review – Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland plod cross-country in ‘The Leisure Seeker’
Two acting heavyweights join forces for The Leisure Seeker, but unfortunately the material doesn’t match their considerable talents.
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DVD Review – ‘Brad’s Status’ might have been interesting, were it not so smug
Ben Stiller stars as a parent fretting about his son’s college prospects, most notably whether he will get into Harvard. That’s relatable, right?
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Review – Jersey-set ‘Beast’ delves into animalistic lust as well as murder-mystery
The island of Jersey plays host to a tale of animalistic lust, against a backdrop of mystery and murder, in Michael Pearce’s directorial debut Beast.
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Review – ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is as blandly quaint as they come
It has the most preposterous title of the year so far and it’s as dull as the wallpaper in an old people’s home.
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