All My Friends Hate Me

I have a limited appetite for social awkwardness. It’s just about possible for me to sit through an episode of The Office, but ask me to watch the box set and I’ll run a mile. First time Director Andrew Gaynord’s black comedy of Pete (Tom Stourton), visiting old uni friends at some Devonian pile to…

Men

MEN. HUHH. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing at all (apparently) according to director Alex Garland. As this film started I wondered if Mrs H might actually enjoy it. Because we open with a shot of our heroine Harper (Jessie Buckley) tootling down the M4 accompanied by a delightful jangly folk ballad until she…

Top Gun : Maverick

Loud, Breathless and nasal “There’s smoke in the air Payback.” “Copy that Bob. Hit the flares and give me two Mach.” “But Rooster’s flipped my wingman and I’m levelling out.” “Holy Shit! Is that Tom Cruise with Jennifer Connelly on a Ninja?” “Yeah. And no helmets! He’s bailing and I think his pants are on…

The Quiet Girl

Whell she‘s a girl oil roight and she quiet too; to be sure. So Colm Bairead’s debut feature certainly contains no real surprises, unless you count that it is delivered partially in Gaelic, thus requiring subtitles. Based on a short story “Foster” by Clair Keegan, it deals with the experiences of 9 year old Cait…