There has not been a single verified fatal attack on a human being by a killer whale in the wild. It is worth noting this from the outset, since if this is true in 2022 it stands to reason it … Continue reading REVIEW: Orca (1977)
I am an absolute sucker for film dramas about journalism. It is one of the closest things popular cinema has to a can’t-lose proposition for me. Present me with a mystery to be solved, and a critical moral failure to … Continue reading REVIEW: She Said (2022)
While Gene Kelly is appropriately remembered as one of cinema’s best-ever musical performers, his non-musical performances are by now largely forgotten. His performance as E.K. Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind (1960) is likely his most widely liked dramatic role, but in 1948 … Continue reading REVIEW: The Three Musketeers (1948)
It is a rare thing for a film to impress and disappoint at the same time, but that is certainly the case with The Spine of Night. It is an independent animated fantasy directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. … Continue reading REVIEW: The Spine of Night (2021)
If Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s widely celebrated thriller Psycho (1960) is not one of the most unfairly maligned features of its decade, then it must surely one of the least-well understood. I was an enthused fan … Continue reading REVIEW: Psycho (1998)
On the island of Shishikari, the local economy has been floundering due to an ageing population. Its one hope is farmer Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara), whose popular black figs have placed the island in line for a five billion yen … Continue reading REVIEW: Noise (2022)
The problem with Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall is not that it is silly; we have all come to terms with the ridiculous nature of his disaster pictures a long time ago. The problem is that it is rather boring. The cataclysmic ‘disaster porn’ … Continue reading REVIEW: Moonfall (2022)
Karen McCann (Sally Field) has her life thrown into disarray when her 17 year-old daughter is raped and murdered. Delivery man Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested for the crime, but an evidence mishap sees all charges dismissed, and Doob … Continue reading REVIEW: Eye for an Eye (1996)
One of my favourite films of the year has crept up via Amazon Prime, defied my expectations, and thoroughly charmed me to bits. Based on a Karen Cushman novel, Catherine Called Birdy is a light, knowing comedy about a teenage girl resisting … Continue reading REVIEW: Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Part Six There is much that could be discussed over the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but to be honest it all feels secondary to the Obi-Wan-versus-Vader duel that dominates it. It is, in almost all respects, the perfect climax. … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Obi-Wan Kenobi 1.06
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