Film Review Daily

Welcome to Film Review! After an impressive 71 years and 70 editions, this iconic publication, originally started by F. Maurice Speed in 1944, has embraced the digital era. With the release of our 70th edition – Film Review 2014-2015 – we launched the Film Review Daily website, providing fresh reviews from our dedicated team of insightful movie critics who share a passion for cinema. As we have documented film releases over the past seven decades, it felt right to carry on this legacy. We now upload both classic and recent reviews daily, alongside an enhanced In Memoriam section and various News & Features articles. For loyal readers of the Annual, good news: Mansel Stimpson and James Cameron-Wilson are still contributing, with Michael Darvell handling the obituaries.

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Another Simple Favour — FILM REVIEW

1 day ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

The great fun of Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour was seeing how the blogger and baker Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) got sucked into the sophisticated, dangerous orbit of Emily Nelson (Blake Lively). The latter was the very antithesis of Stephanie, a beauty who oozed confidence and an elan light years from Stephanie’s own domestic domain. Emily’s raison d'être was to shock and belittle and soon she had Stephanie transfixed in her headlights.
Thunderbolts* - FILM REVIEW

2 days ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

Obviously The Avengers we’re going to disappear entirely, at least in spirit. And while audiences await the release of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps come July, this motley crew should fill the gap nicely. Although the strapline on the poster suggests that they are neither super nor heroes, they are certainly high-achieving and pretty valiant.
An Army of Women — FILM REVIEW

4 days ago | filmreviewdaily.com | Mansel Stimpson

It is no surprise that this film has won two awards, one of them being an audience award. Filmed in the city of Austin in Texas, this is a work of enormous human appeal being a story of struggle and determination not to give up. It is these positive qualities that drive the film regardless of the fact that it offers an illustration of the extent to which women who have been sexually abused can find it absurdly difficult to obtain justice.
The Accountant 2 — FILM REVIEW

4 days ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

Of course, Christian Wolff is more than just a number cruncher. Indifferent to whose books he cooks, be they criminal or legitimate, Wolff is not above doing someone a favour, if they ask nicely. At heart, he just loves solving problems and his acquired savant syndrome makes him ideally suited to think outside the box. He may be socially awkward (and often appear downright rude), and he may be amoral, but he has an exceptional mind.
G20 - FILM REVIEW

5 days ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

The premise is terrifying, the execution as efficient as in any Gerard Butler potboiler and the conclusion is, well, absurd. But Viola Davis is in charge, both as star and producer, so it’s not all bad. She plays Danielle Sutton, the current US president and former war hero, the sort of woman the Democratic elite would love to have in the White House, a Michelle Obama fantasy figure.
Julie Keeps Quiet — FILM REVIEW

1 week ago | filmreviewdaily.com | Mansel Stimpson

This highly unusual film offers a decidedly interior drama which plays out in a setting which could not be more vividly and authentically realised. The filmmaker is a Belgian, Leonardo Van Dijl, who directs what is his first feature from a screenplay which he wrote with Ruth Becquart who also contributes by taking on a subsidiary acting role.
The Friend - FILM REVIEW

1 week ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

Walter had a lot of women in his life, but only one real female friend. His constant companion, though, was all male, albeit of the canine variety. So when Walter takes his own life, he bequeaths his Great Dane to his special friend, Iris (Naomi Watts). But Iris doesn’t like dogs, lives in a small, rent-controlled apartment with a strict no-dog policy and, well, the last thing she needs is a distraction from the book she is working on.
The Legend of Ochi — FILM REVIEW

1 week ago | filmreviewdaily.com | Chad Kennerk

Following a career directing music videos for artists like Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear, and Björk, Isaiah Saxon makes a decisive and welcome leap into feature filmmaking with A24’s The Legend of Ochi. It's an accomplished debut that wears its influences on its sleeve — equal parts Spielbergian wonder and Andersonian quirk — without ever losing its own eclectic voice.
Wind, Tide & Oar — FILM REVIEW

1 week ago | filmreviewdaily.com | Mansel Stimpson

This film comes as a complete surprise. It is one of the most daringly ambitious and original films of the year but you would never anticipate that since what we have here is a documentary about sailing. Admittedly its focus is a novel one because it is concerned with people who choose to take to the water in vessels that have no engines. However, what makes Wind, Tide & Oar extraordinary is not its subject matter as such but what the filmmaker, Huw Wahl, seeks to do with it.
The Penguin Lessons — FILM REVIEW

1 week ago | filmreviewdaily.com | James Cameron-Wilson

Steve Coogan embodies a very particular brand of Englishman. Tom Michell thinks of himself as an Ernest Hemingway type, except without the money or any books to his name. He is, though, learned in the ways of literature, is a bitter man, sarcastic and, in the hands of Steve Coogan, a natural comic (Coogan just can’t help himself). Steve Coogan has carved a niche for himself by appearing in humorous, small-scale, quintessentially British films based on extraordinary true stories.