Articles by Dave Jaffer
'Enola Holmes' Establishes Millie Bobby Brown as a Bona Fide Leading Actor
Directed by Harry Bradbeer
PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2020
There's a certain kind of film where the lead character breaking the fourth wall and addressing the audience isn't irritating and tiresome....
'Love, Guaranteed' Is Netflix's Flimsy Version of a Hallmark Movie
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2020
"The glory of the rom-com, whether littered with grand set pieces or the scratching reality of pain and boredom, is that it gives strangers...
Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
Jean-Nicolas Orhon
PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014
What comes to mind when you hear the word "slum"? Probably nothing good. From its outset, Slums: Cities of Tomorrow gets a few common perce...
Nightcrawler
Dan Gilroy
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2014
Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler is among the most cynical and nihilistic films you're likely to see all year. It's also a wonderful piece of dark...
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Directed by Peter Chelsom
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2014
My least favourite scene in Hector and the Search for Happiness has our man Hector drinking a beer in Africa while commenting on the high c...
The November Man
Roger Donaldson
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2014
When I write "meh" in a film review, please know it's my code for "serviceable." Meh is a subjective term to many if not most, and I'd cont...
Frank
Lenny Abrahamson
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014
Fourteen minutes into Frank, our protagonist Jon is dissuaded from asking why Frank (Michael Fassbender) goes through life wearing a giant...
Magic in the Moonlight
Woody Allen
PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2014
Stuffy, logic-obsessed Stanley Crawford, who performs in costume as Chinese illusionist Wei Ling Soo, takes on a mission to debunk a beauti...
