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Film: I Give It a Year
Few films manage to be simultaneously heartless and laugh-out-loud funny. I Give It a Year is one of them. It’s got great jokes but incomprehensible characters and an odd mix of dry cynicism and...
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Film: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
There is nothing I find funnier than watching someone who thinks they’re great doing something really badly. The more delusional they are the better. David Brent dancing in The Office, Basil Fawlty...
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Film: I’m So Excited
I’m so bored. I’m looking at my watch and it’s 9pm. That’s half way through the film. Only another 45 minutes left to go. Unless it’s longer than two hours. God forbid, what if it’s longer than two...
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Film: The Great Gatsby
Sometimes, when I go and visit the BBC, the security people ask me if I’m there “for the audition.” One day I’m going to say yes and see what happens – mainly because I hope to get a string of...
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Film: Man of Steel
You know there’s too much 3D in a film when a minor character gets trapped under a crumbling building and you’re desperate for them to escape because you’re not going home until they do. This is the...
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Film: Captain Phillips
“If you enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean you’re going to love this,” is how I would like to start the blog. It would be funny if it was in any way true – but it isn’t. This is a film about modern-day...
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Film: Gravity
There are only two words to describe George Clooney’s performance in this or, indeed, any film: chaise longue. Wearing a space suit and jetpack, it feels like his character, Matt Kowalski, might swoosh...
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Film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Everybody loves a Gladiator, so much so that many people probably wish the Roman Empire had never ended. Slaves tearing one another apart? Bring out the popcorn! That’s what The Hunger Games is about –...
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“Oh no, my boyfriend likes Anchorman 2. What should I do?!!!”
You have made a shocking discovery. Your boyfriend, partner, friend or loved one has revealed that they were not only able to tolerate watching a film full of racism, sexism and juvenile humour –...
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Worried other people might find The Wolf of Wall Street aspirational?
Do you feel uncomfortable with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s free market, three-hour long depiction of drugs, sex and 1980s excess? Are you unhappy with what you suspect might be ‘a...
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