#film-critique

#film-critique

Here is a movie promising the juiciest of real-life stories from history. Before the Nazi war-crime trials at Nuremberg that started in November 1945, an obscure US army psychiatrist called Dr Douglas Kelley was ordered to interview the prisoners, chief among whom was Hermann Goring. This was supposedly to establish their fitness for trial, but was really intended to gain inside information as to how they would conduct their defence.

There's a really good cast here, in a movie with a real-life story to tell: how Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle mentored a cheeky Sheffield kid from migrant Yemeni parents, Prince Naseem Hamed, teaching him to stand up to racist bullies and turning him into a media-friendly world champ in the late 90s, nurturing his showboating arrogance and his lethal fists.

According to Spielberg, John Wayne called him while he was making the film originally titled The Night the Japs Attacked by screenwriter Robert Zemeckis... Don't joke about World War II.

As a culture, we're now pretty deep down the rabbit hole when it comes to live-action remakes of animated movies - Disney's now released at least 25 of them.

The Cannes Film Festival's 78th edition showcased a mix of familiar names and emerging talents, reflecting a transition phase, yet often lacking a strong unifying vision.

The live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' of 2025 mirrors the original but goes Hollywood with absurd explosions and a CIA subplot, marking another unnecessary remaking effort from Disney.

"When Mitchell finally reaches the tube, you can alleviate its unending boredom by looking forward to the commercials."

The best nature documentaries immerse viewers in the primal struggles of survival, offering a stark contrast to sanitized portrayals of the natural world.

"Christie’s casting might have been conducive to the Oedipal side of the Danish prince's feelings towards his mother if only the director's performance had allowed room for it."

"The seriousness and the tone with which we played it and the slow burn on Christian at the end, where he's just sweating mortar shells. It was really funny."