Steve and Simon have been making sure they’re across this year’s Oscar contenders. Roma has been out for a while on Netflix, and Simon took his time to see it. It was, he says, well worth the wait. This is…
A good film with Melissa McCarthy in it is a rare thing. Even rarer is a good film with a good Melissa McCarthy performance. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a very, very good film, and McCarthy’s performance as writer…
We’re nothing if not current here at Crave! With the echoes barely dying down at Spark Arena from Lily Allen’s show there last night, Simon and Steve have a chat about the concert, with a rather split verdict. Less division,…
Green Book is a hugely entertaining movie, with two lead characters worlds apart at the start of the story and, unsurprisingly, considerably closer by the end. Those actors, Mahershali Ali and Viggo Mortensen, offer utterly engaging performances and the most…
One could be forgiven, after seeing the posters for Mary Queen of Scots, for imagining that this is a two-hander between Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. And in a sense, it is, but not in the conventional sense. The film…
Mary Poppins has returned, but while Steve is quite taken with its charms, Simon has less room in his cold, cold heart for its joys. Vice, on the other hand, has thoroughly impressed both our reviewers just as much as…
Steve and I don’t often write on the website about the same film, although we compare notes all the time on our podcast/vidcast. But having digested his just-posted review of Mary Poppins Returns, I thought I’d add a few extra…
Emily Blunt is a very brave woman. Mary Poppins is as revered and beloved a film as one could imagine, and Julie Andrews’ Poppins is, let’s face it, and with apologies for the obviousness of the comment, practically perfect. So…
There’s the film, which is excellent, and then there’s the timing of its release, which is a fascinating topic in its own right. Let’s start with what we see on screen, which is quite simply a searing insight into the…
Take much-loved characters — you’ll not do much better than Sherlock Holmes in that regard. Add some outstanding acting talent — comedy gems like Hugh Laurie, Steve Coogan or Rob Brydon, heavyweights like Ralph Fiennes, all-rounders like Kelly MacDonald. Put them…