Barnaby Turner

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 »

WHAT I LIKED: There's simply no denying that James DeMonaco's 'The Purge,' has a pretty genius concept at its centre, as the idea of one night of murder and the purging of whoever society pleases is both an interesting thematic idea as well as a r... Read the full review »

There are a lot of big ingredients flying around in Richard Eyre's The Children Act (2018), but that should hardly come as a surprise for fans of Ian McEwan who not only wrote the novel upon which this movie is based, but also adapted it here for... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: It's funny how boxing has spawned so many film portrayals, but anyone looking for a core reason why this sport in particular is so popular in cinema needn't look any further than 'Rocky,' as it practically defines its sub-genre. Yes... Read the full review »

The concept of 'theme' in movies is one that's often hard to put a finger on. It's generally a central idea behind a story or something that's touched upon throughout a film, but it crucially has the ability to ground a narrative in something mean... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: On the face of it one might think that 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' is an odd movie for Martin Scorsese to have directed, but when you think about it he's always been a filmmaker interested in addictive and troubled lifestyles acting a... Read the full review »