!!!On The Screen Reviews

Con's Score: 3.5 cigarettes Some of the best films are the ones that say the least. The ones that leave gaps wide enough for you to fill in the silence, because that’s what your brain...

Con's Score: 3.5 typewriter dings Writers are a product of their environment, and their talent. The story of Gabrielle Sidonie Colette (Kiera Knightley) is a more complex one. In 1892, she was a simple country girl...

Con's Score: 4 What-what’s They travel to Nottingham Playhouse for Alan Bennett’s Madness of King Gearge III in the latest of these excellent London Theatre live productions. In 1786, King George (Mark Gatiss) is still rueing...

Con's Score:2 Witches hats A horror film with a strong female cast is an alluring prospect when you consider how well the original film was received. Writer-Director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) has cast...

Con's Score: 4 Covfefe's The provocative Michael Moore returns with another documentary where he asks America “What the f***k happened?” Of course he’s talking about the election of Trump, but he’s not naive enough to blame the...

Con's Score: 4.5 Alaks Alak! The brilliant Sir Ian McKellen treads the boards again and chose to have another crack at Lear in a more ‘intimate way’ in this National London Theatre production. So they chose...

Con's Score: 3.5 Bubbling spoons It’s because of the perceived self-inflicted nature of drug overdoses that people lack the sympathy for victims. I wasn’t aware it’s now the biggest cause of death for people under 50...

Con's Score: 3.5 Paperbacks It’s a week parents have come to hate, and it appears teachers do too. Especially, unpublished English teachers who have their mediocrity reflected back at them. Nick Cutler (Alan Dukes) is one...

Con's Score: 4 Slimy smiling beasties Event Cinema has installed one of two 4D Cinemas in Australia and are using Venom to launch. This isn’t just vibrating seats; this is Sensaround on steroids. When you first walk...

Con's Score: 2.5 lines of coke The NT live brings a remake of August Strindberg’s classic, Miss Julie, to life for this theatre-to-film production. Re-writer Polly Stenham and director Carrie Cracknell promise a modern feminist...