Shorty’s Film Reviews

173 Films have been rated or reviewed by Shorty.

My Old School (2022): Sad, fascinating example of the kind of rabbit hole the human mind can go down.
Translators, The (Les Traducteurs) (2020): The James Bond–Agatha Christie–Marcel Proust vibe makes for a load of fun.; DVD $29.95
Stunt Man, The (1980): Wizard idea for a satire on moviemaking! Pity about the self–indulgent script.
Effie Gray (2014): Victorian sexual repression in some sumptuous settings. A bit pedestrian in the telling.
Grow Your Own (The Allotment) (2007): "I wasn't dead. I was in Leicester."
Taste of Honey, A (1961): Love and prejudice set against some magnificently grim backdrops of post–war northern England towns. Originally banned in NZ says Wikipedia!
In Their Own Words - British Novelists (2010)
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961): Having a big–name Hollywood cast – fine as they all are – distracts a little from the serious heft of the movie.; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Wizard Mode (2016): Warm–hearted look at young man making sense of the world and pinball machines. "Apparently, not every moment in life will be fun . . ."
Rosewater (2014): A cheeky movie that wears its heart on its sleeve.