Film review: CRAWL ***
By Damon Smith A father and daughter discover they are far from the top of the evolutionary food chain in Alexandre Aja’s diabolical masterclass in...
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Film review: Angel Has Fallen **
By Damon Smith When Gerard Butler began his tour of duty as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in 2013 in Olympus Has Fallen, Barack Obama...
Five small-screen alternatives
We have absolutely nothing against The Angry Birds Movie 2, the week’s other new release besides It: Chapter Two. The title, admittedly, lies a bit...
Film review: It: Chapter Two **
By Preston Wilder The kids from It are back in their hometown of Derry in It: Chapter Two, set 27 years after the first one...
Film through the decades: 1959
Here’s the last instalment of ‘Through the Decades’, our summer feature going back through film history a decade at a time. 1959 FACTS AND FIGURES:...
Film review: Escape Plan: The Extractors *
By Preston Wilder There’s no escape in Escape Plan: The Extractors (the third in the franchise, after last year’s enjoyably ludicrous Escape Plan 2: Hades)...
Film through the decades: 1969
Here’s another instalment of ‘Through the Decades’, our summer feature going back through film history a decade at a time 1969 FACTS AND FIGURES: Top...
Film review: Once Upon A Time in Hollywood ****
By Preston Wilder I have doubts – serious doubts – about Quentin Tarantino’s new film, but I guess I got lucky: I watched Once Upon...
Film through the decades: 1979
Here’s another instalment of ‘Through the Decades’, our summer feature going back through film history a decade at a time 1979 facts and figures: Top...
Film review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold ***
By Preston Wilder Dora (Isabela Moner) is Pollyanna-ish, and perky to a fault. She wears her hair in bangs, and turns everything into a song....
Film through the decades: 1989
Here’s another instalment of ‘Through the Decades’, our summer feature going back through film history a decade at a time. 1989 facts and figures: Top...
Film review: The Kitchen*
By Preston Wilder The kitchen is where a woman’s place is. The kitchen is also what you should stay out of, if you can’t stand...
Film through the decades: 1999
Here’s another instalment of Through the Decades, our summer feature going back through film history a decade at a time. 1999 facts and figures: Top...
Film review: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw **
By Preston Wilder It’s scary how a diet of mindless cinematic noise chips away at your standards. ‘Hobbs & Shaw is grotesquely overlong at 135...
Film through the decades: 2009
Things get lazier in summer, and it’s hard to find worthy films at the multiplex. Just as well that we have ‘Through the Decades’, our...
Film review: Child’s Play ***
By Preston Wilder My Child’s Play credentials aren’t very impressive. I’ve seen the 1988 original – in which a child’s doll named Chucky gets possessed...
Film review: The Lion King **
By Preston Wilder I’m hopelessly torn about The Lion King. It’s going to be a hit – it might even end up in the Oscar...
Film review: Anna **
By Preston Wilder Helen Mirren has a ball in Anna, decked out in granny glasses and deeply unflattering brown wig as a KGB higher-up named...
The best films of 2018-19
By Preston Wilder It’s been a year of two Cypriot films – or more properly three, except the third one isn’t really Cypriot. We actually...
In praise of popcorn movies: the Open-air Movie Marathon
There’s a special place in our hearts for the Summer Open-Air Movie Marathon. I suspect it’s a Nicosia thing. The coastal towns fill up during...