8 Days A Week – The Touring Years. I sat through most of this documentary with a broad smile on my face, and then towards the end, as the film charted the Beatles’ disillusionment with touring, the smile was replaced,…
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The Secret Life Of Pets: not the film it could — or should — have been
The Secret Life Of Pets has enormous potential. Its central conceit, at least as depicted in trailers, is something along the lines of Toy Story for domestic animals; the quality of the animation is outstanding; the voice talent is top-notch.…
Bridget Jones’ Baby: surprisingly enjoyable
It’s hard to imagine a film it would be less cool to go and see than the latest in the Bridget Jones saga. While the first in the series, Bridget Jones’ Diary, was funnier and more enjoyable than it’s ever…
Crave! episode 25: Nerve, Sausage Party, Sully, Chasing Great and Tim Booth from James
It’s the twenty-fifth episode of Crave!, and Steve and Simon have spent a lot of time at the cinema this week. They’ve both seen Nerve, the new social-media thriller that’s split their opinions a little. Sausage Party managed to both…
Sully: a high-flyer of a film about a flight that barely got off the ground
Americans love a good hero, and so the treatment Captain Chesley B Sullenburger — Sully to pretty much the entire world after he landed the Airbus A320 he was flying in New York’s Hudson River after it lost both its engines…
Sully: Can a good news story enthral? Yes it can.
It’s in the faces of the New Yorkers who look out the window and see an airliner descending over the cityscape. It’s in the voice of the air traffic controller talking to the pilot. Most of all, it’s in the…
Sausage Party: wrong, for all the right reasons
Making an animated feature that the parents will enjoy as much as the children will has always been a challenge. Directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon don’t even bother trying to strike that balance in Sausage Party — this one’s…
Nerve, nearly
It’s fast paced, at turns funny and thrilling, and keeps you guessing. Nerve has verve. But not quite enough. The story pitches New York teenager Vee (Emma Roberts) a bright but conservative senior high school student, into a wildly popular…
Nerve: are you a Watcher or a Player? Me, I’m a Watcher.
Nerve is 90 minutes of engagingly tense and sharp thriller. The problem is that it’s a 96-minute film. The film tells the story of the splendidly-named Venus “Vee” Delmonico (Emma Roberts), a slightly shy high-school girl from Staten Island who…
Crave! episode 24: War Dogs, Bad Moms, The Shallows, Passenger
Steve and Simon have both been pleasantly surprised by War Dogs, and moderately entertained by Bad Moms. Simon enjoyed most of The Shallows, while Steve finally wholeheartedly enjoyed a Passenger concert. Podcast: Play in new window | Download