Christian Bale
VOD film review: Vice
June 17, 2019 | Ivan Radford
Christian Bale and Amy Adams are superb in Adam McKay’s uneven but entertaining Dick Cheney takedown.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
November 29, 2018 | Ivan Radford
Andy Serkis’ impressive but uneven adaptation of The Jungle Book struggles to find its own identity amid the darkness.Read More
VOD film review: Knight of Cups
August 15, 2016 | Simon Kinnear
Assembled with obvious care, but to little explicable purpose, this pompous film amounts to a very expensive game of “Where’s Wally?”Read More
VOD film review: The Big Short
May 16, 2016 | Ivan Radford
The Big Short is a patronising, awkward and uneven comedy about the financial crisis. And, against all the odds, that’s a good thing.Read More
VOD film review: The Fighter
January 20, 2015 | Ivan Radford
Director: David O’Russell Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo Certificate: 15 Watch The Fighter online in the UK: Amazon Prime / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a … Read More
VOD film review: The Dark Knight Rises
November 2, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple Certificate: 12 Watch The Dark Knight Rises online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) … Read More
Amazon Prime Instant Video review: The Dark Knight
June 11, 2014 | Ivan Radford 9“This town deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m gonna give it to them.” Read More
VOD film review: Out of the Furnace
June 4, 2014 | Ruby
Christian Bale delivers a knockout performance in Scott Cooper’s intense drama.Read More
VOD film review: American Hustle
May 14, 2014 | Ivan Radford 7Director: David O’Russell Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence Certificate: 15 Watch American Hustle online in the UK: iTunes / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
“All the razzle-dazzle that he does? … Read More
VOD film review: The Flowers of War
December 8, 2013 | Ivan Radford
Christian Bale is excellent in Zhang Yimou’s clichéd but hard-hitting war drama.Read More
