With the obvious exception of The Handmaiden (which has the unfair advantage of being the best WLW movie), The Night Watch is the best adaption of a Sarah Waters novel that I’ve seen. 8.4/10
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Surely there’s a way to make a movie about repression without making it quite so dull. 4.4/10
ou, Me and Him has a lot to say about pregnancy. Mostly, it does so in a way that lends itself well to comedy. And then, it plunks you in the deep end of despair out of nowhere. 6.0/10
Do I Love You? turned out exactly how the filmmakers had in mind. Whether or not the movie is for you, it is a movie that’s certain of its identity and does what it set out to do. 5.3/10
Burn Burn Burn is a really solid movie. Much as there are successful moments of comedy, it is more likely to make you messy cry than laugh. 7.3/10
Battle of the Sexes needed to hit a little harder to achieve its Academy Awards ambitions. 8.1/10
Is Summerland a great movie? No. But it is a good movie with a budget, good cinematography and to my delighted surprise, a very happy ending. 7.8/10
I did enjoy Ammonite. But while it is a good movie, it never ends up being fully great. 67.9/10
There’s nothing particularly wrong with Affinity it’s just that there is potential to maker a stronger, more artistic adaption. 6.7/10
I’ve noticed that British movies are particularly good at two things: dramatic love confessions and passive aggression. A Village Affair is a standard British TV movie that wisely features both of these things. 5.2/10