You Were Never Really Here Review

So the weekend just gone (at the time of writing this review), I went up to the Glasgow Film Festival. Now I have a it of history with this festival for this blog, with the first few film reviews I wrote (which are pretty much unreadable now) being for films I saw at the 2011…

Lady Bird Review

Sometimes, I find that a large number of positive reviews of something can make me more apprehensive about watching it. I always fear that the hype from the positive coverage will give me expectations so inflated that there is no way that what I watch would live up to them. That’s the reason why I…

The Shape of Water Review

It’s always hard to begin a review of a Guillermo Del Toro film. On the surface, pretty much all of his films sound like B-movies but Del Toro has always managed to fill them with heart and soul (I recently went over this on an episode of the Cinema Recall podcast on Pan’s Labyrinth) and…

Black Panther Review

I’ve made it no secret that the film I was anticipating most this year was Black Panther. I’ve been a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since it started and, after the introduction of the character in Captain America: Civil War, I was eagerly anticipating seeing Black Panther and his world in more detail. What…

Darkest Hour Review

I don’t know what it’s been but this past year we’ve seen a few films revolving around the Dunkirk evacuation. Dunkirk focused on the actual evacuation, Their Finest focused on the public reaction to the evacuation and now we’ve got Darkest Hour, focusing on Winston Churchill’s reaction to the events surrounding the evacuation. Now director…

Early Man Review

I don’t think it’s a controversial opinion to say that Aardman is my favourite animation studio. Through their short films and feature films, Aardman has established a niche for themselves in creating likeable characters mixed with a great sense of humour and a lovingly handmade aesthetic for their stop motion, with the work of Nick…