In The Heart Of The Sea (2015) Review

In The Heart Of The Sea (2015) Review

There once was a man from Nantucket… If you created a Venn diagram of the casts of “Harry Potter”, “Game Of Thrones”, “Peaky Blinders” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the sweet spot right in the middle would read “In The Heart Of The Sea”. Ron Howard’s latest offering is a star-studded retelling of the true ..

Surviving Christmas (2004)Review

Surviving Christmas (2004)Review

After experiencing Surviving Christmas, the survivors will envy the dead Ben Affleck has performed a remarkable career turnaround in the past few years, re-establishing his credibility as both an actor and director with such recent fare as “Gone Girl” and the Oscar-winning “Argo”. It’s hard to believe that he was once one of the most ..

Doctor Who: The Husbands Of River Song  Review

Doctor Who: The Husbands Of River Song Review

Holy matrimony! After the melodramatic melancholy of “Hell Bent”, there was only one direction “Doctor Who” could go for this year’s Christmas showstopper, especially with it coming so quickly after the series finale. “The Husbands Of River Song” playfully picks up with the Doctor’s old would-be paramour and takes him on one of her adventures, ..

Doctor Who: Hell Bent Review

Doctor Who: Hell Bent Review

Hell Bent is the end of an era in Doctor Who, but the moment has been prepared for… I’ve taken the luxury of watching “Hell Bent” a few times now, savouring its courage and ambition. As a season finale it’s a curious beast, lacking the overt bombastic urgency of a universe-ending threat, instead underplaying the ..