‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ Review

My relationship with this film = the title *****

‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’. Perhaps the most succinct description of that most intangible and primal of human emotions.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Review

AbraHAMMY! But still fun. ***

This is a real guilty pleasure. This isn’t just ‘Mamma Mia’ all over again, this is deliberately watching ‘Sharktopus’. ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’, it’s ‘Pride and Prejudice with…

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Review

Entertaining and engaging, if a bit cliché.***

Hitting people in the face with a vibranium shield has never looked so cool, that is for sure.

‘Friends with Benefits’ Review

A solid, if not exceptional comedy ***

Part of a glut of films like this (‘No Strings Attached’ being its biggest rival), ‘Friends with Benefits’ is a solidly entertaining film. It isn’t the funniest film, although it does…

‘Never Let Me Go’ Review

Melancholic and achingly beautiful. *****

‘Films don’t make me cry’, I used to be able to say with honesty.

After watching ‘Never Let Me Go’ the last vestige of the hypermasculine ideal in me has finally…

‘Pitch Perfect’ Review

Hits a high note, but it’s a bit off key. ***

It’s fun. The music is great, the jokes are generally funny and if you are feeling under the weather, wrapped up in a duvet with a hot Lemsip then Pitch Perfect is guaranteed to brighten…

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Review

Much ado about nothing? Hardly.*****

This is my favourite film.

There I’ve said it. I never thought ‘Life of Brian’ could be bested but I was wrong. I’m a Shakespeare fan as it is and this is a…

‘Frozen’ Review

Frozen will thaw the coldest heart. *****

So first things first. A big hand to the team behind Frozen. This is animated cinema at its imaginative and emotional best.

‘Dr Strangelove Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb’ Review

Kubrick at his best. It’s a classic for a reason.*****

If you haven’t seen Dr Strangelove, stop reading now and go and watch it.

‘Riddick’ Review

Back from the dead. Intense but predictable.***

Based on the same formula as ‘Pitch Black’, rather than the tantalising but ultimately unfulfilling universe development of ‘The Chronicles of Riddick’, ‘Riddick’ is good but not as good as…