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Olivia Colman gets a meaty role, but it’s Sam Mendes’ script that sinks this ambitious, issue-based, love letter to cinema.

Joyce Glasser reviews Empire of Light (January 9, 2023) Cert 15, 113 mins. Sam Mendes is an acclaimed artistic and theatre director who made the successful transition to film director at 34 in a big w ...

andrew 899 views 0 likes Jan 23, 2023

American Beauty writer Alan Ball takes us back to 1973, when we all had an Uncle Frank.

Uncle Frank (95 mins) Streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 25 November One of my favourite relatives growing up was Uncle Frank, a soft-spoken, shy man who never married, seldom attended large family ...

andrew 1917 views 0 likes Dec 7, 2020

This compelling and ironically relevant suburban horror movie could use a second act.

VIVARIUM (from March 27, 2020) Cert 15, 98 mins. There are so many films specifically set in the suburbs, that “suburb” movies could be called a genre. Though very different in tone, style, characteri ...

andrew 2261 views 1 likes Apr 1, 2020