THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: A FILM REVIEW BLOG

Welcome to my blog where I write about what I'm most passionate about, film! I'll be reviewing movies both new and old, as well as the good ones, the bad ones, and the ugly ones.

The Success of Independent Businesses in Newbury's Parkway Shopping Mall

A number of independent businesses in a Newbury shopping mall have been thriving in recent years despite the setbacks caused by the...

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Jan 27, 20221 min read

HMV re-opens its doors in Newbury eight years after Northbrook Street shop closure

A brand new HMV store opened this morning in Newbury eight years after the chain's original Northbrook Street shop closed down.

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Oct 15, 20211 min read

The Sisters Brothers (dir. by Jacques Audiard, 2018)

The Sisters Brothers does a terrific job of subtly lampooning the mythologised western genre

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Mar 13, 20212 min read

Capone (dir. by Josh Trank, 2020)

This gangster fable is a messy and immature portrayal of the famed mobster’s final days

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Feb 28, 20213 min read

I Care a Lot (dir. by J Blakeson, 2020)

Crime is legitimized through a white-collar façade

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Feb 21, 20212 min read

Malcolm & Marie (dir. by Sam Levinson, 2021)

Washington and Zendaya’s undeniable chemistry as an imperfect complicated couple brings a real energy to the story’s limited reach

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Feb 5, 20212 min read

Possessor (dir. by Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)

The film unlocks some sort of primal fear of what’s within

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Dec 8, 20202 min read

Mank (dir. by David Fincher, 2020)

Although Mank acknowledges the work of the director, it paints the writer as the true hero of Hollywood

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Dec 7, 20203 min read

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (dir. by Aaron Sorkin, 2020)

It’s tight, funny, thrilling and intelligent, and it all places you directly in the turbulent social space of the late 60’s in America

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Oct 14, 20203 min read

On the Rocks (dir. by Sofia Coppola, 2020)

The film’s script floats in an unmixed cocktail glass, not knowing whether to dip fully into comedy or drama

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Oct 14, 20203 min read

Les Misérables (dir. by Ladj Ly, 2019)

An unapologetic pipe-bomb of modern social realism that deserves more recognition as one of the best films of 2019

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Sep 24, 20203 min read

Tenet (dir. by Christopher Nolan, 2020)

Its cerebral concept doesn’t get the story treatment it deserves

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Aug 28, 20204 min read

Cats (dir. by Tom Hooper, 2019)

Cats deserves all the backlash it is getting

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Jul 13, 20203 min read

Dark Waters (dir. by Todd Haynes, 2019)

Dark Waters is a sobering, in-your-face picture of the evils of unregulated capitalism

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Jul 13, 20203 min read

Zodiac (dir. by David Fincher, 2007)

This cerebral thriller will have you conducting your own investigation that will keep you guessing until the very end

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Jul 13, 20202 min read

The Farewell (dir. by Lulu Wang, 2019)

Wang deftly explores the bi-cultural experience through Billi’s character, and Awkwafina is brilliant in embodying it

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Jul 3, 20202 min read

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (dir. by David Dobkin, 2020)

The film drifts in a strange zone between being funny and melodramatic

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Jul 1, 20202 min read

The Lighthouse (dir. by Robert Eggers, 2019)

To put it simply, it's an astonishing film

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Jul 1, 20203 min read

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The Sisters Brothers (dir. by Jacques Audiard, 2018)

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Mar 13, 20212 min read

Capone (dir. by Josh Trank, 2020)

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Feb 28, 20213 min read

I Care a Lot (dir. by J Blakeson, 2020)

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Feb 21, 20212 min read

Malcolm & Marie (dir. by Sam Levinson, 2021)

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Feb 5, 20212 min read

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