The Review of the Year – 2017

I know, it's a bit of a stretch to call it a "year", since I've only done three months' worth of reviews in 2017, with December being a cold and depopulated winter of writing, but I had this plan since the end of September, and given my...inconsistent method of actually scoring my reviews, I felt …

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

A great work of science fiction should create some great thoughts, and great thoughts should inspire earnest discussion. By that metric, Blade Runner 2049 is a great work of science fiction. So why, then, did I come out of the cinema feeling neither one way nor the other about the film? I didn't think it …

Wind River (2017)

Wind River is a great film, go and see it if you're prepared for some scenes of a harrowing nature. And indeed harrowing Nature, because that ought to be the top billing of the film; the expansive landscape of Wyoming in winter, like a shit-stained duvet thrown over a teenager’s bedroom floor makes you feel …