Why did I watch this? Dull, formulaic, flat - almost laughed at the moment the canal barges slowly edged towards the assembled Nazi brigade on the Liv... [more]
The Housemaid
2025
February 12, 2026
★
A godawful mess, expected trashy but just got dead-eyed Sydney, incoherence and a heinous use of soundtracking. Only redeemed by Amanda, as everyone i... [more]
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026
January 22, 2026
★★★★
Very much enjoying how weird, funny and full of stoner philosophizing these have become, even if the first third did put me off my popcorn. Even after... [more]
Hamnet
2025
January 14, 2026
★★★½
Going to sit on the (ornately woven wicker) fence with this one. Yes, the finale had me shaking gently, wet eyes thrummed by Richter's familiar pathos... [more]
The River Wild
1994
January 10, 2026
★★★½
Watched this in a retirement home in Portobello (no joke), after walking down the promenade in the dark and happening upon an expensive padel racket c... [more]