Barnaby Turner

Whilst Lhurmann may have been the right man to bring the world around Elvis to life, perhaps someone more interested in the emotional complexities of people would have been better suited to tell the story of his incredibly complex personal life. A... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: With characters describing and emphasising every depth and change of their thoughts and feelings through song and dance, the musical is, by definition, an absurdly theatrical and overt way of telling a story. There are many great fil... Read the full review »

Like most 80s action blockbusters, Tony Scott’s Top Gun was a clichéd, hammy display of masculinity and sentimentality. A selfish, preening, muscly fighter pilot becomes a selfless, preening, muscly fighter pilot after stroking some planes, bed... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Like many subsequent Tom Cruise movies, Tony Scott's 'Top Gun,' takes a man from reckless, careless, hyper-masculine playboy, to thoughtful, serious, hyper-masculine hero. In this film his character Maverick just happens to be a US N... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin's 'A Few Good Men,' follows a reluctant lawyer Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) defending two marines who are accused by their division of accidentally killing a fellow private by their own accord. That story ha... Read the full review »

Although Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has a reasonably compelling central story, the fact its script surrounds that with so many tangents and macguffins means there’s little room to test and develop atmosphere, characters or theme... Read the full review »