Wonka (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Wonka ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ½ With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a […]
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The Truman Show (1998) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
The Truman Show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show. Chiswick Cinema is screening The Truman Show for Andrea’s next film club night […]
Maestro (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Maestro ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A love story – A biopic which chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Out in cinemas now. A film that […]
Wish (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Wish ⭐⭐ ⭐ A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the […]
Saltburn (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Saltburn ⭐⭐⭐ A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a […]
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Anatomy of a Fall ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. On in cinemas at the […]
The Long Goodbye (1973) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
The Long Goodbye (50th anniversary) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so becomes implicated in his wife’s murder. There will be […]
The Killer (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
The Killer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. I should probably start by stating the obvious: […]
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Killers of the Flower Moon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one – until the FBI steps […]
Dumb Money (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Dumb Money ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The story of a group of ordinary people who get rich by turning a video game store into the world’s hottest company. Out in cinemas now. Dumb Money […]
Past Lives (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Past Lives ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Nora and Hae Sung are childhood sweethearts separated by fate and thousands of miles, wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited […]
A Haunting in Venice (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
A Haunting in Venice ⭐⭐ In post-World War II Venice, Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of […]
Jurassic Park (1993) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Jurassic Park ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ½ A group of scientists cloned dinosaurs, and are about to open an amusement park where people can see them. What could possibly go wrong? Chiswick Cinema will be screening Jurassic […]
The Great Escape (1963) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
The Great Escape ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. The Great Escape is being […]
Oppenheimer (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Oppenheimer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Out in cinemas now. As I sat down to watch […]
Barbie (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Barbie ⭐️⭐️½ Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. Out in cinemas now. I had been waiting to see this film since the […]
Elemental (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Elemental ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ember and Wade live in a city where fire, water, land and air residents all live together. Elemental is out in cinemas now. The fact that I waited […]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands. Out in cinemas […]
Boy Erased (2018) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Boy Erased ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion programme after being forcibly outed to his parents. Available to buy or rent on the […]
WHAM! (2023) – Documentary review by Andrea Carnevali
WHAM! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ Using archive material – interviews and recordings of their performances – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive their Wham career from teenage best friends to ’80s pop icons. […]
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of gruelling terrain. Streaming on Amazon […]
Sharper (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Sharper ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires. Available to watch on Apple + Right, let me come out straight away, before you tell me off, this film is […]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐- Review by Andrea Carnevali Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history. Indiana […]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ⭐⭐⭐ – Review by Andrea Carnevali In 1957, Indiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind […]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Review by Andrea Carnevali In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis […]
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Review by Andrea Carnevali I can hear some of you moaning already. What!? Five stars to this sequel?! (Yes I know […]
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Raiders of the Lost Ark ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– Review by Andrea Carnevali In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant […]
Stand By Me (1986) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Stand By Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Review by Andrea Carnevali After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body […]
Triangle of Sadness (2022) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Triangle of Sadness ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ – Review by Andrea Carnevali A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich. Triangle of Sadness is now streaming on Amazon Prime. For […]
Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse (2023) – Film review by Andrea Carnevali
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ – Review by Andrea Carnevali Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes […]