February 2018

Featured Reviews 

Review – Fluffy, grey pound Britcom ‘Finding Your Feet’ is too sweet-natured to dislike

13/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Celia Imrie, Certificate: 12, Comedy, David Hayman, February 2018, Finding Your Feet, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley, John Sessions, Josie Lawrence, Rating: Pop, Richard Loncraine, Timothy Spall

Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie are sisters reconnecting in British dance-themed romcom Finding Your Feet.

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Review – Sibling squabbles over farmland give way to emotional tidal waves in ‘Dark River’

08/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Clio Barnard, Dark River, Drama, February 2018, Mark Stanley, Rating: Pop, Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean

Ruth Wilson delivers a stunning performance in Clio Barnard’s subdued, brilliant follow-up to The Selfish Giant.

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Review – Margot Robbie shines in ‘I, Tonya’ amidst an onslaught of bad taste nonsense

03/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Allison Janney, Caitlin Carver, Certificate: 15, Craig Gillespie, Drama, February 2018, I Tonya, Julianne Nicholson, Margot Robbie, Mckenna Grace, Paul Walter Hauser, Rating: Poop, Sebastian Stan

Oscar nominations aplenty have greeted ice skating biopic I, Tonya, which takes an unusual look at a controversial American figure.

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Review – Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig work overwhelmingly emotional magic in ‘Lady Bird’

02/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Beanie Feldstein, Certificate: 15, Comedy, February 2018, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Odeya Rush, Rating: Pop, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts

The coming-of-age comedy gets a powerful twist in Greta Gerwig’s stunning Oscar nominee Lady Bird.

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Review – The hideously poor ‘Father Figures’ is a road trip down comedy dead ends

01/03/201803/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Ed Helms, Father Figures, February 2018, Glenn Close, Harry Shearer, JK Simmons, June Squibb, Lawrence Sher, Owen Wilson, Rating: Poop

Ed Helms and Owen Wilson sleepwalk through their usual comedy beats to tedious effect in Father Figures.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

DVD Review – Marshall (2017)

27/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Chadwick Boseman, Dan Stevens, Drama, DVD, February 2018, James Cromwell, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Marshall, Rating: Pop, Reginald Hudlin, Sterling K Brown

Chadwick Boseman and Josh Gad shine as lawyers defending the rights of a black man falsely accused of raping a wealthy socialite.

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DVD & Blu-ray Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – Breathe (2017)

26/02/201827/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Andrew Garfield, Andy Serkis, Blu-ray, Breathe, Certificate: 12, Claire Foy, Dean-Charles Chapman, Drama, February 2018, Hugh Bonneville, Rating: Pop, Stephen Mangan, Tom Hollander

Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy shine in Breathe as the real-life couple who pioneered a new way of living with polio.

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Review – ‘The Shape of Water’ is a mesmerising romance from the maestro of the monster

26/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Doug Jones, Drama, Fantasy, February 2018, Guillermo del Toro, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Richard Jenkins, Romance, Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece of fantasy romance is an intoxicating journey right into the mind of a unique cinematic visionary.

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Blu-ray Review – Thelma (2017)

26/02/201827/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Eili Harboe, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, February 2018, Henrik Rafaelsen, Joachim Trier, Kaya Wilkins, Rating: Poop, Thelma, Thriller

Eili Harboe plays a woman plagued by unexplained seizures as she discovers new love at college in Thelma.

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Review – Marvel’s latest superhero behemoth ‘Black Panther’ is infused with a rich cultural awareness

22/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Black Panther, Certificate: 12, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, February 2018, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Michael B Jordan, Rating: Pop, Ryan Coogler, Superhero

Marvel finally delivers a superhero movie led by a black cast, and it’s a thrilling adventure even aside from its woke credentials.

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Review – ‘Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas’ is the sequel you won’t see to a film you haven’t seen

19/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adventure, Alex Kelly, Animation, Certificate: U, Comedy, David Alonso, Enrique Gato, February 2018, Gemma Whelan, Joseph Balderrama, Lewis Macleod, Ramon Tikaram, Rating: Poop, Tad the Lost Explorer, Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas, Trevor White

This is a weird Spanish animation that seems to exist only to pass a few hours during the half-term break.

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