Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit first published by EyeforFilm, 13 Oct 2005 Anyone who has caught Aardman Studio’s claymation duo Wallace & Gromit in their Oscar-courting short films A Grand Day Out (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995) will hardly need to be convinced of animator Nick Park’s…
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (aka Nanny McPhee Returns) first published by Sight & Sound, June 2010 Review: Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson), witch-like governess extraordinaire to those who need her, is back, with a magical cane in place of Mary Poppins‘ umbrella, and a jackdaw familiar named Edelweiss to compensate for her inability to…
The Menu first published by Sight and Sound, December 2022 Review: “He’s not just a chef,” Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) says to his dinner date Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy), “he’s a storyteller.” Tyler is speaking of Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes), a celebrated master chef to whose exclusive restaurant Hawthorne, located on an island of the same name,…
Review first published by Little White Lies “Ellen will give you a wonderful performance.” With these words, Mrs Ternan (Kristin Scott Thomas) introduces her 18-year-old daughter Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan (Felicity Jones) to the much older Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) — prolific novelist, amateur actor, philanthropist, and all-round Victorian celebrity — as he prepares to stage the play ‘The Frozen Deep’ by his friend Wilkie…