
Brian Viner
Film Critic at Daily Mail
Writer at Freelance
Film critic, sports writer, lifelong Everton fan ... also author of non-fiction books (eight), father (of three), and husband (of one)
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1 week ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Brian Viner
The Ballad Of Wallis Island(12A, 139 mins)Verdict: Hilarious and poignantRating:A pair of films open in cinemas today, each as British as a cream tea and both set way out west, yet strikingly different in tone. One is a hoot and the other anything but. The former is The Ballad Of Wallis Island.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Brian Viner
BRIAN VINER's Cannes round-up: Triumphant debutants - and a turkey or twoBy BRIAN VINER Published: 19:59 EDT, 22 May 2025 | Updated: 20:43 EDT, 22 May 2025 The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has had its usual share of happy surprises and crushing disappointments.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Brian Viner
The Cannes Film Festival closes this weekend and, unusually, two of the films that had the glitziest premieres there have already reached UK cinema screens. Unfortunately, one’s a bit of a dud while the other is rather a drag. The Phoenician Scheme(15, 101 mins)Verdict: Far too whimsical Rating:The Phoenician Scheme is the latest from acclaimed writer-director Wes Anderson, and has a typically top-notch cast.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Brian Viner
Hallow Road (15 hours and 18 minutes)Rating:Those of you who are or have ever been the parent of a young, college-age adult will probably watch the excellent first 40 or so minutes of Hallow Road and think: what on earth would I do? It’s an agonising moral dilemma wrapped up as a taut thriller, brilliantly performed by Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys and the unseen Megan McDonnell. Babak Anvari’s film begins grippingly.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Brian Viner
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2hr 49 mins)Rating:Those attending last night's world premiere of the latest Mission: Impossible film in Cannes should have been greeted with a warning. This movie will take nearly three hours to self-destruct. The premise can be summed up in less than five seconds. Ethan Hunt of the Impossible Missions Force, played by Cruise for the eighth time, saves the world. Again. Only this time he does it partly in his underpants.
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Just seen the EFC starting XI … Beto, Keane and Young, no Ndiaye or McNeill … typically canny of David Moyes to pick a team that will make the Friedkins double the transfer budget 💙