Belfast

Kenneth Branagh has made a masterpiece. It’s a movie of formal beauty, precise performances, complex and textured writing and enough comic one-liners and classic Van Morrison tracks to make you forget that you’re watching a drama about seething sectarian hatreds. “Belfast” is unquestionably Kenneth Branagh’s most personal film to date, but it’s also sure to have universal… Continue reading  Belfast

Thank you Marvel

Just over ten years ago, “Iron Man” directed by John Favreau, arrived in cinemas. Despite the film being a hit with both audiences and critics, and possessing more deftness, wit and charm than most superhero films that had come before it, one could have been forgiven for not registering it. And, indeed, for not ascribing much… Continue reading Thank you Marvel