Probably the definitive action movie of the '90s - Predator for the '80s, The Dark Knight for the '00s and Infinity War for the '10s: discuss - Speed still holds up as a beautifully ludicrous thriller built around one of cinema's greatest hare-brained what-ifs: what if there was a bomb on a bus that would go off if it slowed down? The mechanics of getting to that absurd scenario are hand-waved as simplistically as possible and the characters are kept…
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. 2023
Apparently a seminal novel that has had an extremely wide reach that I have evidently eluded, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is a groundbreaking and influential coming of age story exploring the religious and social anxieties of a middle-class eleven-year old negotiating her first steps betwixt childhood and adolescence. More than fifty years since the book's initial publication though, there's not a lot of fresh material to explore in Kelly Fremon Craig's supposedly faithful adaptation. Blume's frankness about…
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The Long Goodbye 2020
I’m a little torn on this.
Released to accompany his new album of the same name, Riz Ahmed released this short film/music video, portraying a day after tomorrow image of Britain, descended into a government sanctioned white supremacist militia. It’s a great concept but the execution feels somewhat histrionic. As a film it’s quite sketchy and uneven. It’s tonal shift doesn’t feel as fluid as it could and the song that plays in the middle is completely at odds with the… -
Boiling Point 2021
I’ve worked in a kitchen and, more relevantly, I’ve worked in a badly managed kitchen, run by someone who overbooks and overworks their staff, and from my limited experience, I can say that not only is Philip Barantini’s Boiling Point an absolutely gripping piece of drama, but it’s absolutely spot-on as well. Honestly, I think it’s kind of underplayed compared to my own experiences.
An expansion of Barantini’s earlier short film of the same name, Boiling Point follows head chef…
