Ben Stiller’s wonderful mid-life crisis
Joyce Glasser reviews Brad’s Status ( January 5, 2018) Cert. TBC, 101 min. As far from Hollywood as Ben Stiller dare ventures in his critically uneven, but financially successful mid-career, he ...
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This heart-warming and thought-provoking Irish comedy is the perfect start to 2018
Joyce Glasser reviews Sanctuary (29 December 2017) Cert 15, 88 min. Every year, BAFTA and The American Academy for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences voters are vulnerable to a Hollywood star transfor ...
Too many flat notes
Joyce Glasser reviews Pitch Perfect 3 (December 20, 2017) Cert. 12A, 94 min. That there are not any Christmas carols in this Christmas release is not surprising, but what is disappointing is that ther ...
Brazil’s Academy Award entry is a biopic of Brazil’s Bozo the Clown
Joyce Glasser reviews Bingo: King of the Mornings (December 18 2017), Cert. 15, 114 min. While Bingo: King of the Mornings is unlikely to take home any Oscars, it is not surprising that it is Brazil’s ...