Wendy Ide
Film Journalist, Critic, and Broadcaster at Freelance
Film Critic at The Observer
Film critic for The Observer, Screen International. Usually can be found at a film festival. Parent. Brummie-born S E Londoner. Migrating to threads: @wendyide
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theguardian.com | Wendy Ide
If you thought the techno-horrors of the modern dating landscape were largely confined to dick-pic purveyors on the apps, director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) has news for you. This assured thriller sees a widowed single mum and abuse survivor dipping her toe back into the relationship circuit, only to find herself terrorised by quirky memes. It’s scarier than it sounds.
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theguardian.com | Wendy Ide
When a G20 summit is hijacked by highly trained mercenaries demanding the adoption of a global cryptocurrency (or something like that, it’s not entirely clear), the US president risks life and limb to save the hostages and restore global order. Yep, we’re deep into fantasy territory with this preposterous, dumb-as-rocks action picture.
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theguardian.com | Wendy Ide
The story may have been told many times before, but Uberto Pasolini’s sombre, handsome interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey has a few things going for it. The location – Corfu, shot with a tawny late-summer glow, doubling for Ithaca – is one. But the main draw is the cast, with Ralph Fiennes sinewy and racked by self-doubt and guilt as Odysseus, returned from war after a 20-year absence, and a compelling turn from Juliette Binoche as Penelope. Both are terrific, but Binoche is the standout.
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theguardian.com | Wendy Ide
James Hawes, who directed the entire first season of Slow Horses, clearly knows his way around the spy genre. Which is why this disjointed thriller about a brilliant CIA code cracker turned elite operative (Rami Malek) delivers at least some pacy thrills and globe-hopping intrigue, despite numerous issues with the screenplay, structure and casting. As Charlie Heller, Malek is one of the casting question marks.
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theguardian.com | Wendy Ide
John and Yoko. Greenwich Village. Television. Activism. Vietnam. Richard Nixon. Insects. Peace. This skittish, channel-surfing archival documentary, co-directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, touches on all of this and more. But it lingers on nothing.
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A highlight from @tiff_english Teki Cometh starts as a gentle character study of an elderly man, then takes an almighty swerve into weirdness. Seriously impressive. https://t.co/ITJwkBp9B0
