Chris DeacyReview of ‘Between the Temples’ (Nathan Silver, 2024)‘Between The Temples’ is a charming, offbeat comedy of manners with shades of ‘Harold and Maude’ in the way that it gives us a difficult to…1d ago1d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Blink Twice’ (Zoë Kravitz, 2024)‘Blink Twice’ is a film about gaslighting, manipulation, misogyny, transgression and abuse of power, but is surprisingly and…1d ago1d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Only the River Flows’ (Wei Shujun, 2023)Set in China in the 1990s, ‘Only The River Flows’ is a neo-noir police drama with a weatherbeaten detective who is torn between his loyalty…1d ago1d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Lone Star’ (John Sayles, 1996)‘Lone Star’ is a complex neo-western which explores the legacy of toxic masculinity and racism on the lives of the next generation who are…4d ago4d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Notes on a Scandal’ (Richard Eyre, 2006)To a large extent, ‘Notes on a Scandal’ is a British version of ‘Fatal Attraction’, in which Judi Dench, in an Oscar nominated role, is the…4d ago4d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Sky Peals’ (Moin Hussain, 2023)‘Sky Peals’ is an introspective take on the sci-fi drama, with a distinctly British setting, using a fast food outlet on a motorway service…Aug 22Aug 22
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Tuesday’ (Daina Oniunas-Pusic, 2023)‘Tuesday’ is an unusual, even eccentric, fairy tale about death. Indeed, Death here appears in the form of a parrot who appears to a…Aug 22Aug 22
Chris DeacyReview of ‘It Ends With Us’ (Justin Baldoni, 2024)‘It Ends With Us’ has opened to phenomenal word of mouth and high expectations, based on the highly popular novel by Colleen Hoover, and is…Aug 16Aug 16
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Trap’ (M. Night Shyamalan, 2024)‘Trap’ reminded me most of Brian De Palma’s ‘Snake Eyes’ in the way that it uses the spectacle of a large concert venue as the backdrop for…Aug 16Aug 16
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (Victor Fleming, 1939)‘The Wizard of Oz’ has a conservative message at heart, which resonated with audiences in 1939 on the outbreak of the Second World War, and…Aug 12Aug 12