Category: Films
Sharon Stone says US is in state of ‘ignorant, arrogant adolescence’
Sharon Stone has hit out against the “extraordinary naivety” she feels has steered the US into a period of “ignorant, arrogant adolescence”. In a panel [more…]
That Christmas review – seasonal Richard Curtis yarn is kid-friendly but short on ho-ho-hos
Paddington and Wallace & Gromit have raised the bar very high for family comedies – at least partly, of course, due to the inspiration of [more…]
The Taste of Mango review – powerful memoir of family secrets in Sri Lanka
The mango taste is bittersweet in this documentary-memoir of family pain and secrets from film-maker Chloe Abrahams. Using a small digital videocamera and her smartphone, [more…]
From Airplane! to The Naked Gun, Jim Abrahams was a pioneer of spoof comedy
Very few people can honestly claim to have changed the direction of comedy, but Jim Abrahams – who died this week – is one of [more…]
Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, dies aged 80
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director involved with hit comedies Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 80. According to his son Joseph, [more…]
Moana 2 review – vacuum-packed Disney ocean adventure that will leave you cold
Originally planned as a TV series, now a feature film, Moana 2 is the sequel to Disney’s smash-hit family animation Moana from 2016, and really [more…]
Edge of Tomorrow at 10: Tom Cruise’s sci-fi spectacle gets better every time
Edge of Tomorrow was a box office flop when it arrived in cinemas in 2014, but time has been kind to it, the film eking [more…]
The Contestant review – the cruelty of reality TV on show in one of its earliest manifestations
There’s an extraordinary story that could be told here about the birth of reality television in all its cruelty and superficiality. In 1998, a Japanese [more…]
Tell us your favourite films of 2024
We would like to hear about your favourite films of 2024. Was it a comedy that had you rolling in the aisles, or a horror [more…]
Two of a Kind review – Ghanaian summit meeting of the sexes in cleared-out luxury hotel
Fifty minutes in, a Shakespearean twinkle comes over this Ghanian romantic drama; having at first bunkered us into a luxury hotel with squabbling spouses Carl [more…]
