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REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS: AGE of EXTINCTION (dir. Bay)

From my  Guardian  review :— 'Extinction really does seem to take an age in this film,  its running time distended to a lumbering 144 mi...

The Actor Who Broke The Movies

From my essay for   The Atlantic :— '... Budd Schulberg’s original speech — “I could’ve been a contender. I could’ve had class and been ...

25th ANNIVERSARY: BATMAN (d. Burton)

“They’re saying to me, these record guys, it needs this and that, and they give you this whole thing about it’s an expensive movie so you ne...

T H E B E S T O F 2 0 1 4 S O F A R

F I L M S:— 1. Under The Skin 2. Grand Budapest Hotel 3. Boyhood 4. We're The Best! 5. Edge of Tomorrow B O O K S:— 1. Updike, Adam Begl...

REVIEW: THE ROVER (dir. Michod)

From my Guardian review :— 'It’s time to put away those Edward Pattinson jokes — the kid can act. He showed more attachment to the eleph...

REVIEW: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

From my Guardian review:— 'Oh to be a teenager in love, suffering from stage four cancer! Adapted from John Green’s bestselling YA nove...

AN APPRECIATION: CAREY MULLIGAN

For Intelligent Life : — 'It’s the contrast between face and voice that does it. The face is round, pure, with two dimples holding her s...