At a time of overwhelming entertainment bloat – budget, length, content, discussion – a ride back to the summer of 1994 and the brisk, brilliant
Category: Films
Memoir of a Snail review – charming, poignant tale of troubled twins
Like Britain’s Nick Park at Aardman, Australian stop-motion film-maker Adam Elliott has shown a natural talent for screenwriting comedy – and for fusing that with
Unsung Hero review – real-life journey of Christian music migrants from Australia
Given the current attitudes in what is now largely Republican Tennessee where this film is set, it’s somewhat surprising to see such a sympathetic depiction
Gremlins at 40: Joe Dante’s untamed classic is a love letter to chaos
There’s no character in Joe Dante’s Gremlins more beloved than Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton), a struggling inventor from small-town Kingston Falls who travels the country
Revealed: Otto by Otto review – nuanced portrait of a generational talent
All documentaries celebrating artistic geniuses face the challenge of how to recognise their talent without coming across as pure puffery. The dynamic is different in
I Used to Be Funny review – Rachel Sennott can’t save messy PTSD drama
There’s a particular, distinctly online note – dead-eyed, chaotic, teetering between hyper self-consciousness and delusional confidence – that comedian Rachel Sennott can hit so effectively
Bringing sexy back: how Hollywood suddenly got horny again
The success of Hit Man, Richard Linklater’s new comedy that has garnered glowing reviews heralding Glen Powell’s emergence as a true movie star, largely boils
Has Venom: The Last Dance’s trailer drawn Spider-Man: No Way Home’s sting?
What a pity Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock didn’t last very long in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One meagre end-credits scene at the tail end of
The Watchers (AKA The Watched) review – M Night Shyamalan’s daughter tells us a silly old story
It’s a big year for the Shyamalan clan, bullishly expanding into the spotlight with such runaway speed that one assumes an accompanying reality show might
‘I’ll never forgive or forget’ – Griffin Dunne on the darkness that overtook his gilded Hollywood upbringing
Griffin Dunne has just written a book. He had been meaning to do so for ages. It was one of the items on his bucket