Simon Beaufoy
Battle of the Sexes review
If you’ll forgive an obvious bit of wordplay, Battle of the Sexes is ace
Battle of the Sexes review
If you’ll forgive an obvious bit of wordplay, Battle of the Sexes is ace
Everest review
Sort of based on Jon Krakauer’s book, Into Thin Air – and, one assumes, given the lack of credit for Krakauer, the various contradictory follow-up texts – Everest tells the...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review
Set a few months since the event of the first film, Catching Fire opens with our victors and would-be lovers, Katniss (Lawrence) and Peeta (Hutcherson), preparing to go on their...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen review
What a disappointment this light-hearted romance proves to be. It has the most appealing trappings - good looking stars, attractive cinematography, quirky storyline – but under Hallstrom's efficient but uninspired...
Slumdog Millionaire
Rarely in cinema has a movie so approximated perfection as Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Easily the best movie of 2008, and arguably of the past decade, the movie tells the...
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Guinevere Pettigrew (McDormand) is a governess. Or would be, if anyone would employ her. Or if, when they do, she could hold the job down for more than a few days.