Barnaby Turner

WHAT I LIKED: When you break it down, Dirty Dancing is basically a film about whether you can escape the trappings of your circumstances, but one where that expression is forced through the membrane of a wole lot more sexy dancing, big hair and bo... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Jane Austin's Emma is the story of a young, shallow, upper-class woman who manipulates and controls those around her learning the importance of true friendship and acts of kindness. What Eleanor Catton and Autumn de Wilde's version d... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The first Taken was a well-executed thriller with a brilliantly simple but highly emotive emotive central concept. Taken 2 on the other hand is almost exclusively held up by Liam Neeson who delivers a highly commited and engaging per... Read the full review »

Good cinema has always had the ability to play with and process difficult subject matter through alternative contexts, and during difficult times like these, that's something we could all surely use. The Invisible Man (2020), which has just become... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Bruce Springsteen is arguably the finest poet and performer in all of rock and roll, so a one-man stage show which mixes his autobiographical musings with life lessons and acoustic performances to back it all up is the perfect idea f... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: 'Only You,' is the story of a whirlwind romance which quickly turns serious, and then sour as the couple fail to have a baby. This crucially allows for the exploration of a very difficult and very real situation, and puts into questi... Read the full review »

There's a particular method of thematic storytelling that takes a realistic construct and simply explores what would happen if you turned up the dials. Notably that's been a technique used in recent years by Jordan Peele in his Us and Get Out wher... Read the full review »