Winter Sleep (2014)

Such biting dialogues I have not enjoyed for a long time. Based on The Wife, a short story by Chekhov, Winter … More

Starred Up (2013)

In the United Kingdom, juveniles which prove too violent for their young offender’s institution are “starred up”, prison slang for … More

Starring Bill Murray’s younger brother, Joel, preposterous black comedy God Bless America is a B movie with high production values. In … More

Drama; thriller; horror. Simon Rumley’s challenging and disturbing Red White & Blue morphs slowly from one genre to another, building … More

There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love … More

We have already reviewed my all-time favourite noir, The Grifters (1990), the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s 1963 novel. Thompson’s … More

Following the incredibly sad loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, I present this review of this amazing film so that you … More

This film is a fascinating examination of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, one of the longest-serving hangmen in England. His … More

An unacknowleged classic, The Grifters is a neo-noir of the highest order. For my tastes, it is the best noir I … More

The Cement Garden is a very well made film. It follows one English family as they try to deal with … More

If you want to have heaps of fun watching a superhero action comedy, then Kick-Ass is the ticket! I’m not into … More

The Caretaker a.k.a. ‘The Guest’ is writing and acting at its very best. The screenplay is by Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Harold Pinter. … More