Film & Books

In Review: Could Knives Out have been pushed deeper and harder?

This whodunnit comes on like a modern day Sleuth aboard a runaway train, with 'Poirot' as the fat controller...

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In Review: Will Frozen II melt your heart or is it just slush?

The kids might be delighted their favourite characters have returned, but be warned Disney - next time, do better!...

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In Review: McKellen and Mirren strike sparks off each other in The Good Liar

Incredibly, this is only the second time Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren have ever acted together and the first time ever on film or TV...

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In Review: The Addams Family is creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky. But is it any good?!

This new film is smart, consistently amusing, beautifully animated, has a stunning starry cast providing the voices and had me giggling throughout...

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In Review: Singin' In The Rain- Is it a cinematic commemoration or assassination?

Musicals are not my 'thing'. What with people bursting into song at any given point, dancing and 'canoodling' at inappropriate moments and places. I mean, really. Whatever next!...

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In Review: Baa-rilliant or boring? Shaun the Sheep Movie Farmageddon in the spotlight

Aardman animations are down on the farm and - in some part - are a bit in the manure as well, if their latest effort is anything to go by...

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