Film: The Galleon’s Top 10 Films of 2015
Carol Distinguishing the all-important contrast between the dreaminess of 1950s pop culture and its society’s antiquated views, Carol tells a tale of romance and self-discovery between two women at...
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Movie review: Irrational Man
With each new Woody Allen film, comes, so critics proclaim, a new fantasy version of himself. From affable Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris to seductive Javier Bardem in Vicky, Christina, Barcelona,...
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Five Films That Should Absolutely Be Remade
The Iron Giant (1999) Released in 1999, Brad Bird’s animated Iron Giant tells a tale of friendship, mischief and morality. As a wandering 9-year-old, Hogarth explores a forest in the night, he...
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Five Cinematic Tomes For Your Library
Geoff Dyer’s very funny book is built around Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. To enjoy it, you have to have seen it. Dyer is obsessed by the film that charts the journey through The Zone, of three men led...
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Five Woody Allen Comedies You Must See
Irrational Man, Woody Allen’s latest, opened last week but will probably not be gracing the screens of Vue Portsmouth. Instead, how about getting your fix of Woody’s humour from these much overlooked...
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Blockbuster: Cinema’s Silly Season
‘Jaws’, 1975: the movie that started ‘Blockbuster Season’? The blockbuster season is almost upon us and is about as welcome as a bacon sandwich at a barmitzvah. Like Christmas, it starts earlier every...
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Movie review: ‘Child 44′
I stayed behind and watched the credits run just to check that Child 44 had an editor. At 137 minutes long, this Russian-set thriller is as baggy as a pair of Cossack’s trousers. Adapted from a big...
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Movie review: ‘It Follows’
Last night I had a terrible time at the cinema: I watched the most frightening movie since Ringu and I still feel a tad jittery. It Follows is a phenomenal tour de force from the pen of David Robert...
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Movie Conundrums: A Look at the Hidden Messages in Movies
Harrison Ford is set to reprise his role of Rick Deckard in a Blade Runner sequel. The original film is one of the most discussed movies ever, which is due as much to the mysterious symbolism embedded...
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Independents’ Day: How are our independent cinemas faring in the battle to...
Adam Slater Another predictable Oscars saw the Hollywood establishment acknowledging superior independent films in Birdman and Whiplash. However, this self-congratulatory bout of hat-tipping is at odds...
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On Me ‘ead, Macbeth! The Short and Modest Story of Footballers Turned Actors
Frank Leboeuf achieved a remarkable first on Oscar night that pub quizzers should take note of: he became the first person to win a football World Cup Winner’s medal and act in an Oscar-nominated movie...
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Movie review: ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’
By the time you read this, the ballyhoo stirred up by the most anticipated adaptation in years will be a distant memory. However it is worth recalling the wringing of hands, particularly from feminist...
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Defend The Indefensible #3: Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal is without doubt a Hollywood legend. At least that’s what his website says. He was indeed a phenomenon in the 1990s, his fifth film seeing him play ex-Navy SEAL Casey Ryback, going...
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Television review: ‘Fortitude’ (Season One Premiere)
Fortitude takes its chilly Nordic Noir credentials so seriously that the second season will no doubt be set on Pluto. They have even drafted in the queen of knitwear herself, The Killing’s Sofie...
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Television review: ‘Broadchurch’ (Series 2)
Criminal happenings on the Coast: Olivia Colman (left) and David Tennant (right) DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Coleman) and DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) are back for the long-awaited second series of...
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Defend The Indefensible #2: ‘Quantum Of Solace’
Finding solace in the saga: Olga Kurylenko (left) and Daniel Craig (right) Quantum Of Solace is not a great film, but it is the surprisingly tasty filling in the Daniel Craig service station sandwich...
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2015: The Good, The Bad and Some New Sci-Fi Movie
The Good… Crimson Peak Guillermo del Toro is back on familiar territory after the misfire that was Pacific Rim. This time it’s a haunted gothic house in the English countryside with Tom Hiddleston and...
View ArticleMovie review: ‘Exodus: Gods And Kings’
Ridley Scott’s first venture into biblical epic territory is an oddly straight-laced affair that doggedly follows the familiar yarn, only once taking a risk, but more about that later. The story is...
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Drinks for Christmas
Christmas is complicated enough without getting in a muddle over your festive plonk. Whether it’s a present for your dad or something to bring to the table on the big day, here is a simple guide on...
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The Christmas Movie Identity Crisis
The definition of a Christmas movie is more thorny and fluid than most questions of genre. In a straw poll conducted among contributors to this newspaper, favourite Christmas movies included Chicken...
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