134. Ooru Peru Bhairavakona; movie review
OORU PERU BHAIRAVAKONACert 12A133 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate bloody images, violence, threatIt would take an extraordinarily good zombie movie for me to endorse the genre and Ooru Peru...
View Article135. Spy X Family Code: White; movie review
SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITECert 12A110 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence, bloody images, threatI must ensure Japan is on my travel schedule because any nation that can create so many crazy...
View Article136. Tomorrow’s Freedom; movie review
TOMORROW'S FREEDOMCert 12A98 minsBBFC advice: Contains images of real dead bodies, real violence, threatIs it too naive to ask why the West doesn't do more to try to resolve the conflict between...
View Article137. Madame Web; movie review
MADAME WEBCert 12A111 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate violence, threat, language, brief bloody imagesWhat happens to cinema when the superhero bubble bursts?I have often mused on this as studios...
View Article138. Butterfly Tale; movie review
BUTTERFLY TALECert U88 minsBBFC advice: Contains very mild threat, violence, language, rude humour, sex referencesI feel slightly embarrassed that I have reached the age of 61 without knowing that...
View Article139. Siren; movie review
SIRENCert 15154 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong bloody violence, injury detailPrepare for twists, turns, and flashbacks, while grappling with the lingering question of whether the lead character is a...
View Article140. Omen (Augure); movie review
OMEN (AUGURE)Cert 1592 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language, sexThe word Omen conjures memories of one of the scariest movies of its time - the 1976 classic starring Gregory Peck and Lee...
View Article141. Premalu; movie review
PREMALUCert PG155 minsBBFC advice: Contains mild bad language, sex references, rude humour, threat, violenceAm I too old for slushy romances?I doubt I would have been too enamoured of Girish A.D.'s...
View Article142. Lassie - A New Adventure; movie review
LASSIE - A NEW ADVENTURECert PG92 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent mild bad language, violence, dangerous behaviourAs kids, we all loved TV series featuring animals with human-like...
View Article143. Jericho Ridge; movie review
JERICHO RIDGECert 1587 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong violence, threat, injury detail, languageCrikey, this was much more of an edge-of-the-seat thriller than I had expected.But for three minutes at...
View Article144. Quintessentially Irish; movie review
QUINTESSENTIALLY IRISHCert TBA119 minsBBFC advice: TBAHow apt. I watched Quintessentially Irish on a ferry to Dublin en route to play a golf competition in Donegal.Frank Mannion's film served as a...
View Article145. The Taste Of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant); movie review
THE TASTE OF THINGS (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT)Cert 12A135 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate nudityI love Juliette Binoche's work and admire that of her ex-husband, Benoît Magimel, but despite...
View Article146. That They May Face The Rising Sun; movie review
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUNCert 15111 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong language"I wonder what it's like to live so far from anywhere?"That was a question that Mrs W and I repeatedly asked each...
View Article147. Shoshana; movie review
SHOSHANACert 15121 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong injury detail, violenceWe see the horrors of Palestine on the TV news every night and wonder, "Where did it all begin to unravel?"No big surprise...
View Article148. Sundaram Master; movie review
SUNDARAM MASTERCert 12A119 minsBBFC advice: Contains infrequent strong language, brief drug misuseSundaram Master has a good heart but, in common with so many movies, takes far too long to make its...
View Article149. Nezouh; movie review
NEZOUHCert 12A104 minsBBFC advice: Contains moderate threat, violence, languageIt is hard to imagine 80 years on, but my parents' early years were in a city that was reduced to rubble by bombing...
View Article150. Red Herring; movie review
RED HERRINGCert 12A94 minsBBFC advice: TBAThere can be nothing more heartbreaking than the death of a child, so any parent would feel the pain of the mum and dad of terminally ill filmmaker Kit...
View Article151. Much Ado About Dying; movie review
MUCH ADO ABOUT DYINGCert 1584 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong languageThis was the most challenging watch ever since I began the Everyfilm quest in 2011.My dad died in a nursing home last month after...
View Article152. Our Mothers (Nuestras madres); movie review
OUR MOTHERS (NUESTRAS MADRES)Cert 1577 minsBBFC advice: Contains sexual violence references, moderate sexBetween the 1960s and 1980s, Latin America was a very scary place for those who disagreed with...
View Article153. The Present; movie review
THE PRESENTCert PG87 minsBBFC advice: Contains mild sex references, language, threatIt's a rarity for a mainstream movie to debut without the accompaniment of interviews with the director or its...
View Article154. Bermondsey Tales - Fall Of the Roman Empire; movie review
BERMONDSEY TALES: FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRECert 1899 minsBBFC advice: Contains very strong languageA decade or so ago, low-budget movies about criminal gangs in London were as regular as the capital's...
View Article155. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (hashvi shashvi maq'vali); movie review
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY (HASHVI SHASHVI MAQ'VALI)Cert 15111 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong sex, nudityHaving never lived alone during my 61 years, the thought would scare me rigid.However,...
View Article156. In Flames; movie review
IN FLAMESCert 1598 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong violence, domestic abuse, sexual harassmentWe have the impression in the West that the authorities and even the population in Pakistan would be...
View Article157. The Almond And The Sea Horse; movie review
THE ALMOND AND THE SEAHORSECert 1594 minsBBFC advice: Contains strong languageThe Almond and The Seahorse is powerful and moving and, on several levels, it presents Rebel Wilson as film-watchers have...
View Article158. Thundu; movie review
THUNDUCert 12A125 minsBBFC advice: Contains implied strong language, sexual harassment referencesDoes Thundu deserve the panning it has had from movie critics?I was torn. On the one hand, I empathised...
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