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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April 2018
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 – James Whale’s ‘The Old Dark House’ is a silly, enjoyable thrill ride
Once feared lost, this gothic haunted house tale from genre maestro James Whale is back on the big screen and it’s well worth your time.
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Review – ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ pays off a decade of storytelling with a mad action spectacle
A decade of the most ambitious movie franchise in the history of a cinema finally comes to a head with Avengers: Infinity War. But was it worth the wait?
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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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Blu-ray Review – Supernatural thriller ‘Cure’ is a beguiling tale of murder and hypnosis
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s involving, atmospheric thriller Cure weaves a tale of supernatural elements at play in a string of disparate murders.
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DVD Review – ‘Pyewacket’ is a slow-build horror that never runs hot
Canadian horror movie Pyewacket spends an awful lot of time building to a terrifying finale that never really arrives.
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VOD Review – Micro-budget Brit horror ‘The Ferryman’ conjures an effectively unnerving atmosphere
A woman is plagued by a supernatural entity after she attempts suicide in this raw British debut, which packs a few serious scares.
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Review – ‘Never Steady, Never Still’ delivers a moving portrait of Parkinson’s and its degenerative impact
Shirley Henderson and Théodore Pellerin shine as troubled people struggling to deal with life in the snowy isolation of rural Canada.
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