Book Club review: 'Has an undeniable if sporadic charm'
The starting point for Book Club is as wearying as it is depressing. ‘Ladies,’ purrs Jane Fonda, clutching four copies of something horribly familiar to her bosom, ‘let me introduce you to Christian...
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Three years ago, the first Jurassic World film didn’t just reboot the old and much loved dino franchise, it completely transformed it.
View ArticleOcean's 8 review: Eight huge stars, one big flop into the ocean
Just like Hannibal Smith in The A-Team, I love it when a plan comes together. But if I’m absolutely honest, there’s also a certain pleasure in watching a plan fall apart too.
View ArticleThis remake of the Goldie Hawn comedy classic is not so much Overboard as...
Overboard is a comedy about a spoilt and wealthy yacht-owner who falls off their boat one night, wakes up with amnesia and is then picked up by someone claiming to be their spouse.
View ArticleA superb Shailene Woodley makes Adrift worth catching, despite a predictable...
Given the title, it’s no surprise that Adrift begins with incontrovertible evidence of disaster. A young woman regains consciousness in the flooded cabin of a dismasted yacht.
View ArticleSwimming With Men starring Rob Brydon is both funny and poignantly moving
Amazingly, there isn’t just one film out about male synchronised swimming this year; there are two, a fact that, once discovered, filled me with absolute dread.
View ArticleMatthew Bond on the women who will shine at this year's Oscars
When comedian Jimmy Kimmel steps out onto the stage tonight, one thing is already quite certain: the 90th Academy Awards will be an Oscar ceremony like no other
View ArticleFrom a ridiculous Rabbit to a riveting Raider, this week's films
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View ArticleNot even Reese Witherspoon can take Disney's drab A Wrinkle In Time to a...
Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time is a book that has stayed with me since childhood. Partly because its central idea of a ‘tesseract’ was just so exciting for a child of the first space age like me.
View ArticleReady Player One review: Lacks Spielberg's usual heart
The best Spielberg films, especially when they’re aimed at a younger audience, have one thing in common: oodles and oodles of heart. And that is exactly what’s missing from this production
View ArticleA Quiet Place with Emily Blunt and John Krasinski is 'as impressive as it is...
John Krasinski is a fine and intelligent American actor but until now it’s fair to say that he’s laboured somewhat in the shadow of his beautiful and talented British wife, Emily Blunt.
View ArticleRampage could have been one of those 'so bad it's great' B-Movies, but...
There are some films that can send your spirits plummeting just by being described, let alone seeing the trailer, and Rampage, alas, is one of them.
View ArticleThe Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society is a crowd-pleasing chip...
Combine a quirky-sounding title with either the word ‘club’ or ‘society’ and a cynic might suggest that these days you’re pretty guaranteed a week or two at the top of the bestsellers list.
View ArticleAvengers: Infinity War review - Tremendous fun
Keep a look out for the kitchen sink. That’s all I can say after watching Avengers: Infinity War , because it must be in there somewhere. After all, everything else is.
View ArticleBarely a spoonful of humour, really quite atrocious in parts: Tully is no...
Amazingly, it is more than ten years since Diablo Cody hit headlines making her screen-writing debut with Juno, that still highly regarded, bittersweet tale of unplanned teen pregnancy.
View ArticleEntebbe is a finely-acted and thought-provoking take on the most daring...
On June 27, 1976, four hijackers – two West German, two Palestinian – seized control of an Air France plane flying from Athens to Paris.
View ArticleOn Chesil Beach review: Saoirse Ronan is sensational
Sex was invented in 1963, according to the poet Philip Larkin, which may have been a little late for him but certainly explains why Ian McEwan based On Chesil Beach in 1962.
View ArticleEvent's guide to summer’s top 10 blockbusters
The blockbuster is BACK, and this summer sees the return of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible and Jeff Goldblum in Jurrasic Park. And the ladies dominate in Ocean's 8!
View ArticleSolo: A Star Wars Story review: Delivers relentless fun
You can see Solo: A Star Wars Story as a movie that, exhaustingly, is just one sci-fi film staple after another and proves that Alden Ehrenreich, the young actor who takes on the role of Han Solo in...
View ArticleBook Club review: 'Has an undeniable if sporadic charm'
The starting point for Book Club is as wearying as it is depressing. ‘Ladies,’ purrs Jane Fonda, clutching four copies of something horribly familiar to her bosom, ‘let me introduce you to Christian...
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