LFF 2017: Sicilian Ghost Story ****
This clever blending of truth and fiction that allows Grassadonia and Piazza to tackle the narrative’s horrors while keeping us entranced and guessing.
Category: Thriller
47 Metres Down ***
Is surprisingly effective too, and cleverly throws enough curve balls to keep you entertained for the 89 mins, but doesn’t go quite far enough with the shark menacing.
My Cousin Rachel ****
Just as moody in production as in acting as any ‘period film noir’ should be. It also retains the mystery right up until the very last frame, which some might find utterly frustrating.
John Wick: Chapter 2 ****
Another triumph for Reeves. Chapter 2 is every bit as satisfying and thrilling. Wick has to come back again for a hat-trick, if only to finish the job – a happy thought indeed.
BFI LFF 2016: Prevenge ***
Another great showpiece for Lowe’s acting talents in a directorial debut, while boldly using the serious subject of antenatal depression as its emotive vehicle.
Passengers ***
Some great ideas to ponder over and a good-looking cast. However, it needed to get its facts a little straighter and pay more attention to its plot scenarios to truly propel it into the big league of sci-fi memorabilia.
LFF 2016: Nocturnal Animals ****
What comes across with Ford’s Nocturnal Animals is a passion for a project, attention to detail and dramatic Hitchcockian production values.
Inferno **
We all like a good mystery and chase, it’s just there is little imagination injected into Inferno, and a distinct lack of fear of the unknown that the other Brown books pedal so well.
The Girl on the Train ***
A very compelling modern story of female struggle, with Blunt doing justice to Rachel being the most important thing.