Barnaby Turner

WHAT I LIKED: Paddy Considine's second directorial outing 'Journeyman,' is a thoroughly well-intended but upsetting study of the strain put on two lifes by a sudden case of boxing-induced brain damage, and it's largely a very successful one that w... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Dexter Fletcher's 'Eddie the Eagle,' is a proper feel-good movie - the story of an intriguing and charming little-man rising up in an elitist sport that's executed with real whit and charm. Yes forget the worries you may have had ove... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The main thing that makes the price of admission worthwhile in Ruben Fleischer's 'Venom,' is frankly not what you'd expect, as this movie is actually (and wait for it...) extremely funny. Yes, forget the promised "darkness" or the ex... Read the full review »

In Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born (2018) it's insisted that it's not just what an artist says but how they say it that counts, and that's a rather convenient allegory in a film that serves as the third retelling of its story. In... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Where 'The Purge: Anarchy,' improves over its predecessor is that it takes place on the streets of a city downtown so the film is able to cover wider political ground and create a more all-consuming atmosphere of chaos and fear. Yes... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The incredible story of 'The Revenant,' lends itself perfectly to explore the limits of the human body and the animalistic nature of our inner beings, but the only reason that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's adaptation is so successful... Read the full review »