Barnaby Turner

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 »

WHAT I LIKED: Like most Coen Brothers movies, 'The Big Lebowski,' takes a potentially engaging story and populates it with idiots having ridiculous conversations about insignificant things. In fact, rather like 'Fargo,' it specifically involves a... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The reason that Barry Levinson's 'Rain Man,' is such a great modern classic is twofold: firstly, the overall premise is pretty genius, and secondly two incredible central performances bring it all to life. Yes on the one hand this st... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The first Rocky is the quintessential boxing movie about a little man rising up but never truly succeeding as everything works against him, and what Sylvester Stallone's immediate sequel does is to effectively recapture all that enga... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: The brilliant Bristol-based Aardman animation company have crafted a whole host of worldwide hits with their stop-motion animations over the years, and their latest is 'Early Man,' - a film about some people of the stone age who end... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: 'Knocked Up,' may just look like a pretty passable excuse for a friday night comedy, but in fact it's a rather smart and often rather hilarious movie that - like many great comedies - delivers some genius commentary on the real world... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: There's no denying that there are some funny things in 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging,' as writer/director Gurinda Chadha takes the source material and crafts some amusing commentary on white-girl teenage angst and first-world p... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: At its core, Andrew Haigh's 'Lean on Pete,' is the affecting and touching character study of a young man without any much-needed guidance or parental figures who ends up on the run with a horse, but the reason it's so amazing - and w... Read the full review »