Spectre

★★★☆☆

This latest instalment is certainly a film of mixed quality. Just when you start to think the excitement and tension are building at last, a flimsy plot device kills the anticipation. Not a cold-dead head shot; more of a wound in the side, preserving some chance of recovery but ultimately weakening the journey.

Mr Holmes

★★★☆☆

“Like a book whose loose ends are unceremoniously tied without that pleasing ‘umph’, Mr Holmes seems to end without even announcing its arrival.”

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Calvary

★★★☆☆

If you so wish, read my review on Seroword here

The Page Turner

★★★☆☆

 

Now this is a difficult one. On the one hand, I want to adore this film, seeing as its one of my dad’s favourites. But on the other hand, it just wasn’t all that I’d hoped. Damn my soft heart. Three stars it is.