Romance

DVD & Blu-ray Reviews 

DVD Review – ‘The Changeover’ sees Timothy Spall slum it in a tired YA tale

31/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, August 2018, Benji Purchase, Certificate: 12, Erana James, Fantasy, Lucy Lawless, Melanie Lynskey, Miranda Harcourt, Nicholas Galitzine, Rating: Poop, Romance, Stuart McKenzie, The Changeover, Thomasin McKenzie, Timothy Spall, Young Adult

Spall is the obligatory big name in The Changeover – a YA fantasy romance from New Zealand that never finds its groove.

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Review – ‘Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms’ is a bloated anime epic

26/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ai Kayano, Anime, Certificate: 15, Drama, June 2018, Manaka Iwami, Maquia, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, Mari Okada, Miyu Irino, Miyuki Sawashiro, Rating: Poop, Rina Satō, Romance, Yoshimasa Hosoya

Breath-taking anime spectacle meets stunningly bland storytelling in the anime epic Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.

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Review – ‘On Chesil Beach’ has interesting ideas, but feels too buttoned-up

23/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Adrian Scarborough, Anne-Marie Duff, Billy Howle, Certificate: 15, Dominic Cooke, Drama, Emily Watson, Ian McEwan, May 2018, On Chesil Beach, Rating: Poop, Romance, Samuel West, Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle are awkward young newlyweds who begin to question their life choices during a bizarre, uncomfortable wedding night.

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Blu-ray Review – Oscar-winning ‘Marty’ (1955) is a stripped-down, sweet romance

01/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1955, 2018, April 2018, Augusta Cioll, Betsy Blair, Certificate: U, Delbert Mann, Drama, Ernest Borgnine, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell, Marty, Rating: Pop, 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 – LGBTQ romcom ‘Love, Simon’ gives the teen movie some much-needed diversity

12/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alexandra Shipp, April 2018, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Drama, Greg Berlanti, Jennifer Garner, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Logan Miller, Love Simon, Natasha Rothwell, Nick Robinson, Rating: Pop, Romance, Romcom, Talitha Bateman, Tony Hale

As quietly revolutionary as it is frothy and funny, Love, Simon is not only a rare gay romcom, but an absolute cinematic gem.

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Review – Bella Thorne shines in surprisingly charming romance ‘Midnight Sun’

07/04/201810/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Bella Thorne, Certificate: 12, Drama, March 2018, Midnight Sun, Nicholas Coombe, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shephard, Rating: Pop, Rob Riggle, Romance, Scott Speer

A charming romance is enough to paper over the inherent trashy cracks of Status Update director Scott Speer’s Midnight Sun.

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Review – ‘Wonder Wheel’ is a candy-coloured disaster for Woody Allen

27/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Drama, Jack Gore, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, March 2018, Rating: Poop, Romance, Steve Schirripa, Tony Sirico, Wonder Wheel, Woody Allen

The vibrant colours of Coney Island are merely a thin veneer over this paper-thin Woody Allen construction.

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Blu-ray Review – The Age of Innocence (1993)

21/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1993, 2018, Blu-ray, Certificate: PG, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama, March 2018, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miriam Margolyes, Rating: Pop, Richard E Grant, Romance, Stuart Wilson, The Age of Innocence, Winona Ryder

Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this lavish period piece, which is certainly a very different brand of Martin Scorsese movie.

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Blu-ray Review – Call Me By Your Name (2017)

05/03/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Amira Casar, Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name, Certificate: 15, Drama, Esther Garrel, Luca Guadagnino, March 2018, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rating: Pop, Romance, Timothée Chalamet

Luca Guadagnino’s Osca-winning romance Call Me By Your Name is now available on Blu-ray and it remains a sun-drenched masterpiece.

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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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Review – Razzies await ‘Fifty Shades Freed’, but it’s a bland vanilla rather than a sour taste

15/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 18, Dakota Johnson, Drama, Eloise Mumford, Eric Johnson, February 2018, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades of Grey, James Foley, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden, Rating: Poop, Rita Ora, Romance

The Fifty Shades of Grey series comes to an end with this thoroughly middle-of-the-road drama, with manufactured thrills aplenty.

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