Posts By Matthew Turner
Interview: Dolemite Is My Name writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
December 14, 2019 | Matthew TurnerWith awards season now underway, one of Netflix’s major contenders – alongside The Irishman and Marriage Story – is Dolemite Is My Name (read our review here). The comedy biopic stars Eddie Murphy as floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore, who … Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Knight Before Christmas
December 13, 2019 | Matthew TurnerA heartwarming message and charming chemistry compensate for a lack of plot in this time-travel Christmas romance.Read More
VOD film review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold
December 10, 2019 | Matthew TurnerStar-in-the-making Isabela Moner delivers a winning performance in this charming and funny live-action take on Dora the Explorer.
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VOD film review: So Long, My Son
December 7, 2019 | Matthew TurnerWang Xiaoshuai’s epic and emotional family drama explores the far-reaching impact of China’s one-child policy.Read More
Time Travel Thursday: Iceman (2014)
December 5, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThree Ming Dynasty guards are frozen in time and wake up in present-day Hong Kong in this disappointing Donnie Yen action comedy.Read More
VOD film review: One Child Nation
December 4, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThe awful history and devasting consequences of China’s population control are explored in this powerful, moving documentary.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Justice League – Doom (2012)
November 24, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThe Justice League take on the Legion of Doom in this action-packed animated adventure.Read More
Interview: I Lost My Body director Jérémy Clapin, writer Guillaume Laurant and producer Marc Du Pontavice
November 23, 2019 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend sees the release of one of the year’s most unusual films: the story of a severed hand setting out to reconnect with its body.
I Lost My Body, which Netflix snapped up following its best film win … Read More
VOD film review: Here Comes Hell
November 12, 2019 | Matthew TurnerAgatha Christie meets The Evil Dead in this enjoyable horror debut from Jack McHenry.Read More
VOD film review: Meeting Gorbachev
November 8, 2019 | Matthew TurnerWerner Herzog meets former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in this engaging, if slightly restrained, documentary.Read More