A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Nick Gillan-Smith, “737 MAX: Ten Mistakes” (2021) A crisp and succinct documentary, going into just enough detail (but not too much so) to satisfy the general…
British Films, French and French-language Films
Florian Zeller, “The Father” (2020) Detailing an elderly father’s deterioration from dementia, and the effects his condition has on the people around him, this film adopts…
British Films, North American Films
Dominic Cooke, “The Courier” (2020) The story of Greville Wynne, a most unlikely character ever to become a spy for MI6 during the Cold War in…
James Kennedy, “CTRL Z” (2017) Cats may have nine lives but the characters in this very funny sci-fi romantic comedy end up having nearly 4,800 lives…
Magali Barbe, “This Time Away” (2019) A very heartwarming little film, succinct and taut in its telling, yet filled with tenderness and depth, this character study…
Babak Anvari, “Two & Two ” (2011) Notable for its minimal grey and dreary setting which throws all the audience’s attention onto the dialogue, the plot…
British Films, Multi-media Presentations
Alan Cox, Heathcote Williams, “The Red Dagger” (2013?) Presented in six parts on Youtube, British actor / poet Heathcote Williams’ poem essay “The Red Dagger”, a…
“Ask The Experts (Covid-19 Vaccine)” (Oracle Films, 7 December 2020) Banned on Facebook and Youtube, this film features over thirty doctors plus a nurse, a pharmacist,…
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 4)” (2020) The tedium finally comes to an end in this fictional account of what the British government and news…
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 3)” (2020) In this episode, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey (Rafe Spall) recovers from his poisoning attack in hospital, only to…