A beautifully written black comedy, where sublime performances ensure a perfect balance of laughs and heartbreak (click to read more)
A masterclass in ‘Tragi-Comedy’ (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri review)
Month: January 2018
The birth of real ‘fake-news’ (The Post review)
Another great hit from Spielberg, with a massively important contemporary message (click to read more)
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can pay for re-shoots (All the Money in the World review)
An enjoyable and fairly gripping crime-thriller, which showcases an impressive use of speedy re-shoots (click to read more)
Delving into my film-archives (Special 50th Blog Post)
Welcome to my 50th blog post! To celebrate the milestone, I thought I'd share some of my earliest films and look at the evolution of my film making, while massively embarrassing myself at the same time (click to read more)
Dark-ish Hour (Darkest Hour review)
Darkest Hour is perhaps Gary Oldman’s finest performance, but the film never quite decides if it wants to be a dark war-time thriller, or a charming drama about the struggles of a bumbling politician. The result is a film that never quite lives up to the legend (click to read more)
Meeting a Cinematic Icon (Attending The Post Premiere)
After waiting in the cold for six hours, surrounded by rude, awful people, I managed to meet a cinematic icon and hero of mine (click to read more)
Treadwell on bear territory (Grizzly Man review)
Though it should have been titled 'Diary of a Nutty Environmentalist', this interesting documentary brings a certain heart to the unique environmentalist and bear lover (click to read more)
The Fairly-Enjoyable Showman (The Greatest Showman review)
For all its moral issues and predictable plot points, The Greatest Showman has such a toe-tapping, uplifting soundtrack that none of the problems matter (click to read more)
Daniel Robinson: From Reel to Real 