Film Reviews

Edward Lawrenson has time for the Ginger Baker documentary

Beware of Mr Baker

Beware of Mr Baker – he's got rhythm and the blues

Before Hollywood lost the plot

Edward Lawrenson reviews The King Of Marvin Gardens and wishes they still made 'em like they used to...

Ah, Edward Lawrenson has fun Behind The Candelabra

"It's like Gordon Gekko has 'dragged up'. Michael Douglas inhabits the role with glorious abandon"

The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone

The Stone Roses

"Made of Stone is Shane Meadows' open love letter to the Stone Roses - but is it a resurrection or a history lesson?"

Funny? Funny how? Edward Lawrenson reviews The Comedian

Edward Hogg in The Comedian

"That line between performance and real life is repeatedly – and delicately – blurred throughout The Comedian"

Edward Lawrenson finds thrills and frills in The Look of Love

The Look of Love

"The Look of Love is a funny, poignant study of Raymond, but also a time-capsule evocation of 1970s Soho"

'Flawed intensity': Edward Lawrenson on Ryan Gosling's latest

Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines

"The Place Beyond the Pines tries to shoehorn the high drama of a Greek tragedy into a Bruce Springsteen song"

Edward Lawrenson is not entranced by Danny Boyle's latest

Trance starring James McAvoy

"Trance left me with a nasty aftertaste... greed, sexual obsession and vindictive violence are the main plot motivators"

This could make even a robot cry

Robot & Frank

Edward Lawrenson marvels at the emotional kick and warmth of Robot & Frank, starring Frank Langella

Playing mind games in Stoker

"Stoker is a glossy, handsomely-mounted melodrama... and stands as a worthy tribute to Alfred Hitchcock"

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