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Alex First
Jan 19, 20203 min read
Little Women (G) - 135 minutes
Quite the epic, Little Women – directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) – is a moving adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s award-winning novel....
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
Spies in Disguise (PG) - 102 minutes
Killing crooks with kindness. That is the concept behind this original animated feature, which turns traditional methods of spying on its...
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
The Gentlemen (MA) - 113 minutes
A brilliant, intricate script, outstanding direction and superb acting by an A-list cast are the hallmarks of The Gentlemen, one of the...
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
1917 (MA) - 119 minutes
A valiant, if not altogether successful attempt to tell a story of bravery in the First World War, 1917 suffers from an unreal feel,...
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
Bombshell (M) - 108 minutes
Talk about disgraceful conduct and an attitude of entitlement when it comes to being a man calling the shots among women trying to make a...
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
My Spy (PG) - 100 minutes
What started out as cringe-worthy fare became anything but as laughter, hijinks and a cute and savvy youngster’s performance took over...
Alex First
Jan 19, 20202 min read
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (G) - 87 minutes
Shaun the Sheep (2015) was one of the funniest animations – in fact movies per se – that I have seen, so I was mighty keen to see the...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
True History of the Kelly Gang (MA) - 125 minutes
Irish hatred of the British propels a fantastical take on the life and times of bushranger Ned Kelly. Part lyrical, part punk rock, this...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
The Biggest Little Farm (PG) - 91 minutes
Farming and idealism. They hardly go hand in hand. And yet that is precisely what a young US couple – John and Molly Chester – was...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
GO! (PG) - 102 minutes
A transparent, highly predictable script underpins a sweet-natured coming of age tale pitched at younger teens. Fifteen-year-old Jack...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Bad Boys for Life (MA) - 124 minutes
It has been a while between drinks (Bad Boys II came out in 2003, five years after the original) and that extended break can spell...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Just Mercy (M) - 137 minutes
Deeply entrenched racism is at the centre of a drama in which the result is never in doubt and the journey is designed to provoke...
Alex First
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Dolittle (PG) - 101 minutes
I certainly hope children will get more out of this ludicrous fantasy than I did – and I suspect they will – for I found it almost...
Alex First
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (M) - 102 minutes
One was an author, poet, songwriter and reluctant singer adored by the masses. Egotistical, hedonistic, spiritual and depressed. He used...
Alex First
Dec 31, 20192 min read
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (M) - 121 minutes
Feeling and sensitivity pervade every fibre of the sensual and artistic work by French auteur Céline Sciamma (Girlhood). We’re in...
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