X-Men: First Class (US, 2011)

I enjoyed Bryan Singer’s X-Men movies as they combined pyrotechnics with a thoughtful presentation on the effects of being different. The openly-gay Singer celebrated getting a ‘coming out’ scene (ie the mutant telling his parents) into a mainstream movie. By the third of the trilogy there were more yawns to the buck than excitement so [...]

Apocalypse Now (US, 1979)

Having watched a number of ‘classic’ films over the last few years and finding them wanting (not sure whether it’s the film or me that’s ‘dated’, maybe both) it was something of a relief to be ‘blown away’ by Apocalypse Now again. What struck me most was the fact that what we were seeing was [...]