John Hurt
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Better than its reputation suggests
July 1, 2023 | Mark Harrison
A melancholic, more muddled adventure that’s still better than its reputation.Read More
Superhero Sundays: Hellboy Animated – Blood and Iron (2007)
October 27, 2019 | Matthew Turner
The cast of del Toro’s live-action Hellboy return for an entertaining animated vampiric adventure.Read More
VOD film review: The Proposition (2005)
August 13, 2019 | David Farnor
Guy Pearce is on brooding form in this gritty, gripping Australian Western.Read More
Snowpiercer: A chilling dystopian satire
October 23, 2018 | David Farnor
Bong Joon-ho’s dazzling and daft dystopian satire is chillingly relevant, even years after its release.Read More
VOD film review: That Good Night
October 5, 2018 | David Farnor
John Hurt is magnificent in this middling drama that provides a quietly profound showcase for the actor.Read More
VOD film review: Hellboy
February 12, 2018 | David Farnor
This wonderfully weird blockbuster opened a mainstream portal to Guillermo del Toro’s imagination.Read More
VOD film review: Brighton Rock (2010)
December 21, 2017 | David Farnor
Brighton Rock is stylish and well shot, but this remake is almost as pointless as Pearl Harbor.Read More
VOD film review: Jackie
June 1, 2017 | David Farnor
Natalie Portman is magnificent in this portrait of personal grief and a nation gathering composure.Read More
Alien: The sci-fi horror where you can hear people scream
May 8, 2017 | David Farnor
This sci-fi horror classic is a precisely terrifying feat of film-making in every possible way. Read More
RIP John Hurt: A man with the face of a Time Lord and the voice of a dragon
January 28, 2017 | David Farnor
There aren’t many people in the world with instantly recognisable voices. John Hurt, with his unique, husky tones, was one of them. If you didn’t know his face, you knew his voice, whether it was from Jim Henson’s The Storytellers … Read More
