Film Reviews by KW

with a decent story line and depth to the characterisations that would have allowed the actors to excel, instead of the impressions they were constantly walking on egg shells!

The persona of Freddie Mercury was always going to be difficult to get right in a film version and all credit to Rami Malek for his portrayal, whether it was in any way accurate I don't know but it served the film well. Full credit also to rest of the cast and crew in bringing off what is a very good thought provoking film.

I was unsure what to expect of this film and what I was presented with went way beyond my expectations, once I got into the film! At first I was wary of thinking that we had another variation on the High School drama, but the film soon disproved that theory. A very enjoyable film that should not be missed.

With the same care and attention to detail that the Tales from the City discs had, and enable to the story line to evolve with the addition of new characters and the loss of others that keeps one so interested!

A rather darker set of short films which are watchable but again not one that really stood out! Death does play and interesting role in the set though!

Having lived in Singapore during my working life the film had some resonance for me when it comes to the issue of children getting married and is the prospective husband or wife a suitable person for their offspring. Watchable yes, and the story line holds up but for me there was the added interest of seeing how much Singapore had changed since I last lived there.

but having said that the acting of the leads was excellent and it was worth watching the film for them.

Interesting story, but for me in trying to keep the audiences attention it perhaps had too many strands and the impact of the ending suffered for it!

Interesting film about the the famine in the 1840's in Ireland and the impact it had on large tracks of land to the west of the Country. Is the story an amalgam of various stories that have been handed down over the years and have been cleverly woven together to provide the story line with its depiction of life as it was and the callousness of the Government supposed by the army and or militia groups. The cast and their performances were excellent were excellent, with enough plot twists to keep you glued to it!

What a joy to rewatch the ground breaking series of the classic Armistead Maupin books Tales of the City with a cast that were perfect for the roles they played!

Too many plot twists that the director failed to gather satisfactory and keep the cohesion of what ever the story line was meant to be!

Great performances from a stellar cast of British actors, creating their version of the Hatton Garden robbery, but the enigma of it is, who was the youngster compared to the rest who persuaded the Michael Caine character to do the job and got away with what in cash, gold and jewels?

Not the greatest of transfers to DVD, and the disc I has was a rather grainy picture quality. Watchable but at times the plot seemed to being stretched to ensure a 90 minute film. Tom Conti as the central character did his best with a thin script, helped by a series of cameo performances from the likes Rod Steiger, Susan George, Alun Armstrong, plus a continent of Yugoslav actors.

Watchable film, but the swings from present day to childhood at times got in the way of my understanding of where the film was going. Visually good to look at especially some of the evocative scenes of rural France!

A very good film covering one of the many missions that were tried during WW2 to disrupt the Germans in Norway. Based on actual events it clearly shows the extremes of endurance people went through to do their bit for the war effort. The acting of the central character was exceptional and I am surprised that it did not garner a host of acting nominations from the various film awards! If you like the WW2 genre this is a film not to be missed.