Shadows on the Wall

I've spent the past three weeks in California with my parents, and moviegoing wasn't at the top of the list for things to do. Now ba...

Battling an eight-hour jetlag from Seoul, I dove straight back into action with screenings and deadlines here in London. It'll take awhi...

In the cinema this week, I had two sequels that were made decades after the original films. One of the biggest blockbusters of the year, Tom...

It's been a busy week in the press screening rooms this week, and I saw a few films that have been among my favourites of the year so ...

There were two late press screenings for London-based critics of movies coming out this week. Doug Liman's  American Made is a lively...

Summer is a strange time for film critics, because the studios hold their big blockbusters until the very last moment. Or in one case this...

The 60th London Film Festival is charging into its final weekend with a flurry of events and premieres. The red carpets outside the variou...

I took it relatively easy this week - only six films! And I neglected all of my screener discs and links to escape London for the rainy we...

Virtually every genre taste was catered to for London critics this past week. We caught up with the Jonah Hill/Channing Tatum sequel 22 J...

There was a nice break from bleak drama, rude comedy and apocalyptic blockbusters this week with Noah Baumbach's wonderfully upbeat co...

London critics finally caught up with the last of the season's awards contenders this week, mainly because the deadline for nomination...

This week's big press screening was for Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike , the male-stripper drama based on the experiences of Chan...

Two big press screenings for UK critics this week. First was Rock of Ages , the 80s power-ballad musical starring Tom Cruise (above, yes r...

Yes, even though it came out in America a month ago, London critics only this week finally caught up with The Five-year Engagement (which ...