Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker review: Takes a complex path towards the...
At the media screening of what appears to be the last Star Wars film, a brief shot of the Scottish actor Denis Lawson at the controls of a Rebel Alliance fighter flashed up on to the screen.
View ArticleLittle Women review: Beautifully cast and sporadically very funny
My mother, a former actress, adored Little Women and read the book aloud to my sisters and me, with different voices for each of the March sisters.
View ArticleThe Gentlemen review: There may be a plot twist too many but Guy Ritchie is...
By strange happenstance, Guy Ritchie's new film is full of actors I haven't always been very complimentary about being really rather good - with one disappointing exception.
View Article1917 review: There are moments of great tension, but it comes close to a...
At first glance, 1917 seems a strange film, a First World War picture that arrives three years too late for a centenary, three months too late for Remembrance Day.
View ArticleBombshell review: A film that powerfully captures a key turning point in...
I first saw Bombshell a few weeks ago, and when I told people what a treat they had heading their way, they naturally wanted to know what it was about.
View ArticleThe Personal History Of David Copperfield review: 'An unbridled joy'
As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners - basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - and losers.
View ArticleRichard Jewell review: A surprisingly powerful and watchable film
Amazingly, the great Clint Eastwood will be 90 years old this year, but there's little sign of his film-making career - now well into its seventh decade - slowing down.
View ArticleDolittle review: An awful film in which Robert Downey Jr gives one of his...
Until 2008, Robert Downey Jr was best known as the troubled actor who failed to live up to the Oscar-nominated promise he demonstrated in Chaplin & came close to wrecking his career with drugs.
View ArticleWill there be a Joker in the Oscar pack? Event's film critic tips tonight's...
Whisper this softly, but we might just be falling out of love with film awards. The television ratings for last weekend's Bafta awards were the lowest for 12 years.
View ArticleEmma review: It's so good... the only jarring note is hit by its lack of...
Before it hits what eventually turns out to be its totally delicious stride, there are moments when this new production of Jane Austen's Emma looks as if it's simply going to be too much.
View ArticleGreed review: Turns into a melodramatic cautionary tale
By and large, I rather admire the film career carved out by Steve Coogan, an actor to whom there's always been more than the admittedly ridiculously funny Alan Partridge.
View ArticleThe Invisible Man review: It's disappointing
Let's begin with what this new version of The Invisible Man is not.
View ArticleMilitary Wives review: This is one of the must-see films of the year
The film year is not quite the same as the calendar year, effectively running from one Oscar ceremony - this year's was in early February - to the next.
View ArticleMisbehaviour review: This is a film that raises complex questions
We live in seismic times for the women's movement.
View ArticleSummerland review: Gemma Arterton stars in a wartime film hampered by its...
Cinemas - at least in England - have been open for three weeks now, sustained by a mix of classics, recent films that had their run curtailed by coronavirus and some low-profile new releases.
View ArticleUnhinged review: The wrong film at the wrong time
For months, anyone who cares about the future of British cinema has been looking forward to Unhinged.
View ArticleHope Gap review: Clearly a winner as a stage play... But as a film? Not so...
On paper, Hope Gap looks like the perfect excuse for a more discerning return - should the mind-bending fantasy of Tenet not be to your taste - to the darkened sanctuary of the cinema.
View ArticleBill & Ted Face The Music review: Laugh-out-loud funny at times, and thin...
The enduring appeal of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - released way back in 1989 - hangs on three things.
View ArticleOn The Rocks review: A small, strange film but it's rich in New York...
Sofia Coppola, of course, is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather trilogy and other fine films.
View ArticleSaint Maud review: Entirely rooted in its own genre and yet still entirely...
With Cineworld now shut until further notice and many Odeons and Vues moving to part-time opening, these are dreadful times for cinema and it desperately needs our support.
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