An assured debut feature.

~ Richard Mellor -

An assured debut feature.

~ Richard Mellor -

Rather too rarefied to begin with, Archer’s profound story soon shapes up into a reasonably gripping potboiler, beautifully shot and acutely tense.

~ Richard Mellor -

Rather too rarefied to begin with, Archer’s profound story soon shapes up into a reasonably gripping potboiler, beautifully shot and acutely tense.

~ Richard Mellor -

Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.

~ Richard Mellor -

Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.

~ Richard Mellor -

Sadly for Tuesday, bling doesn't hide boring.

~ Richard Mellor -

Sadly for Tuesday, bling doesn't hide boring.

~ Richard Mellor -

The interviewees are great value, telling rambling anecdotes, and laughing and weeping as they recall the friend they so admired.

~ Richard Mellor -

The interviewees are great value, telling rambling anecdotes, and laughing and weeping as they recall the friend they so admired.

~ Richard Mellor -

Ormond and Pullman abet Surveillance's queasiness with their characters' near-complete apathy to the situation unfolding around them.

~ Richard Mellor -

Ormond and Pullman abet Surveillance's queasiness with their characters' near-complete apathy to the situation unfolding around them.

~ Richard Mellor -

State Of Play remains a cerebral, rather than physical, thriller.

~ Richard Mellor -

State Of Play remains a cerebral, rather than physical, thriller.

~ Richard Mellor -

Softley directs capably, if without flair.

~ Richard Mellor -

Softley directs capably, if without flair.

~ Richard Mellor -

There is undoubtedly a need, if not a demand, for action movies in our society, but ones as skilfully shot and put together as Seven Swords infuriate as much as they delight.

~ Richard Mellor -

So nasty are parts of Scar, the latest entry to the ever-more inexplicable torture film-canon, that you wouldn't want to view it in any dimensions, let alone three of them.

~ Richard Mellor -

So nasty are parts of Scar, the latest entry to the ever-more inexplicable torture film-canon, that you wouldn't want to view it in any dimensions, let alone three of them.

~ Richard Mellor -

A story of extraordinary poignancy and importance.

~ Richard Mellor -

A story of extraordinary poignancy and importance.

~ Richard Mellor -

Cagney and Lorre offer alluringly amibiguous characters, ones who all too easily undermine our well-meaning hero.

~ Richard Mellor -

Cagney and Lorre offer alluringly amibiguous characters, ones who all too easily undermine our well-meaning hero.

~ Richard Mellor -

Like the Breton countryside it chiefly inhabits, venerable and timeless.

~ Richard Mellor -

Like the Breton countryside it chiefly inhabits, venerable and timeless.

~ Richard Mellor -

It's real video nasty stuff, ready to probe the sturdiest of constitutions and induce a succession of sacré bleus.

~ Richard Mellor -

It's real video nasty stuff, ready to probe the sturdiest of constitutions and induce a succession of sacré bleus.

~ Richard Mellor -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

Epic, sprawling and inspirational.

~ Richard Mellor -

A fundamentally excellent show that very rarely stints in quality, always presenting a deliciously difficult puzzle in a pleasant, but exciting manner.

~ Richard Mellor -

It is the sensitivity of Machado's film that sets it apart.

~ Richard Mellor -

It is the sensitivity of Machado's film that sets it apart.

~ Richard Mellor -

Gloomy and meditative.

~ Richard Mellor -

Gloomy and meditative.

~ Richard Mellor -

It's designed to shock, to entertain in the most hard-hitting way and to make people, like the flabbergasted journo to my left, spit vehement rebukes at its conclusion.

~ Richard Mellor -

It's designed to shock, to entertain in the most hard-hitting way and to make people, like the flabbergasted journo to my left, spit vehement rebukes at its conclusion.

~ Richard Mellor -

On the whole, LVK is puerile silliness - gags, girls and gore with a catchy title and little raison d'etre.

~ Richard Mellor -

On the whole, LVK is puerile silliness - gags, girls and gore with a catchy title and little raison d'etre.

~ Richard Mellor -

As with all comedies about ineptitude, there must come solemn moments of triumph; but, for once, this time they don't come soaked in schmaltz or get undermined by a instant gag.

~ Richard Mellor -

As with all comedies about ineptitude, there must come solemn moments of triumph; but, for once, this time they don't come soaked in schmaltz or get undermined by a instant gag.

~ Richard Mellor -

Marceau is magnificent.

~ Richard Mellor -

Marceau is magnificent.

~ Richard Mellor -

As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

~ Richard Mellor -

As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

~ Richard Mellor -

Bardwell's movie has a natty self-deprecating tone, making it all much more pleasurable.

~ Richard Mellor -

Bardwell's movie has a natty self-deprecating tone, making it all much more pleasurable.

~ Richard Mellor -

Hokum and a lamentably OTT ending ruin what had been a pleasingly ponderous piece of pap.

~ Richard Mellor -

Hokum and a lamentably OTT ending ruin what had been a pleasingly ponderous piece of pap.

~ Richard Mellor -

While The Dark Knight may be limited cerebrally, sensually it is just sensational, bettering its predecessor in invention and scope.

~ Richard Mellor -

While The Dark Knight may be limited cerebrally, sensually it is just sensational, bettering its predecessor in invention and scope.

~ Richard Mellor -

The film neatly encapsulates the frustrations provided by its director: talent is displayed and interest grabbed, but in the end there’s only mild dissatisfaction and a sense of untapped potential.

~ Richard Mellor -

The film neatly encapsulates the frustrations provided by its director: talent is displayed and interest grabbed, but in the end there’s only mild dissatisfaction and a sense of untapped potential.

~ Richard Mellor -

Naughty, nasty and lots of fun.

~ Richard Mellor -

Naughty, nasty and lots of fun.

~ Richard Mellor -

Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

~ Richard Mellor -

Breakfast On Pluto's tone is a discomforting mixture of comedy and tragedy.

~ Richard Mellor -

Body Of Lies is riveting, never drawing breath until its uneasy finale.

~ Richard Mellor -

Body Of Lies is riveting, never drawing breath until its uneasy finale.

~ Richard Mellor -

Sit down and delight, you fans of ballet...

~ Richard Mellor -

Sit down and delight, you fans of ballet...

~ Richard Mellor -

Alone With Her merits congratulation for its brave, innovative style and unflinching seizure of a most relevant modern issue.

~ Richard Mellor -

Alone With Her merits congratulation for its brave, innovative style and unflinching seizure of a most relevant modern issue.

~ Richard Mellor -