Chris DeacyReview of ‘My Old Ass’ (Megan Park, 2024)‘My Old Ass’ is an offbeat and disarmingly charming coming of age comedy in which, while high on mushrooms, teenager Elliott (Maisy Stella)…Sep 30Sep 30
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Twister’ (Jan de Bont, 1996)‘Twister’ is the progenitor of the summer smash ‘Twisters’ from 2024, in which the weather functions as a character in the drama…Sep 22Sep 22
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Substance’ (Coralie Fargeat, 2024)‘The Substance’ is an extraordinary, gut-wrenching film which offers a visceral take on ageing and bodily degeneration, in what is a…Sep 21Sep 21
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Firebrand’(Karim Aïnouz, 2023)‘Firebrand’ is an enticing drama, with a deliberately provocative and imaginative reconstruction of the court of King Henry VIII, as told…Sep 21Sep 21
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Batman Begins’ (Christopher Nolan, 2005)‘Batman Begins’ is an origin story which marked a distinct change of shape and pace for the Batman comic book series when Christopher Nolan…Sep 21Sep 21
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Critic’ (Anand Tucker, 2023)One word which could be used to describe this drama set in London’s Theatreland in the 1930s is overstuffed. It is penned by the…Sep 18Sep 18
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Lee’ (Ellen Kuras, 2023)‘Lee’ is a terribly earnest drama which tells us the relatively unknown story of photo journalist Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) who at the time…Sep 181Sep 181
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Speak No Evil’ (James Watkins, 2024)‘Speak No Evil’ is an unnerving tense horror which plays well on the motif of being in a different cultural landscape to one’s natural…Sep 18Sep 18
Chris DeacyReview of ‘AfrAId’ (Chris Weitz, 2024)‘AfrAId’ is an AI-themed cautionary tale — a work of prophecy, one might even say — in which the family of a father who works in the…Sep 13Sep 13
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Rob Peace’ (Chiwetel Ejiofor, 2024)‘Rob Peace’ reminded me of Norman Jewison’s ‘The Hurricane’ in its tale of a miscarriage of justice, which took decades to rectify, and the…Sep 13Sep 13
