Nick's Film Jottings

What did I tell you? We wanted to laugh. And it had been 18 months. I think my favourite story is of the newly-weds: Alessandra Mastronard...

Well overdue, another uproarious story in which WA, Tony Darrow, Michael Rapaport and (latterly) Jon Lovitz plot to rob a bank under the cov...

Reviewed here . Still love it.

Last seen in January 2013.  We should add that Michael Rapaport plays the thick boxer, who was not  in Roxanne  and thus the Q owes me £1 m...

Norah Jones walks into Jude Law's café.... What would be annoying in most directors really works for Wai here - he's constantly sh...

Much-maligned film is tremendous fun, with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman (excellent) as the worst singer-songwriters in history. Could ha...

You never know whether a credited writer has actually written all of a screenplay, viz. Polanski's huge, uncredited involvement in Rober...

Elaine May season continues with her adaptation of a novel by Lois Gould, which was based on her own true experience (her husband died in mi...

Reese Witherspoon returns home to finally divorce Josh Lucas - even though he has a nice dog - because she wishes to marry Patrick Dempsey, ...

Abi Morgan has 'dramatised' 1990 Claire Tomalin's no doubt interesting biography - through frankly if story wasn't about Dic...

A bit. Kissing took over. Korngold's remarkable score. Betty Fields' remarkable performance. Nobly described  here .

Richard E Grant gives a fantastic comic performance as an uptight man separated from his long-time wife Carrie-Ann Moss and influenced by so...

Jones made Titanic  (not that one), The Great Fire  etc. Andrew Davies has adapted Austen's novel for ITV and whilst Felicity Jones is g...

In a most elliptical style, Felicity Jones falls for Anton Yelchin but visa problems keep them apart. Meanwhile he embarks on an affair with...

He wrote this one single-handed, his feature debut as director and writer - thematically it has much in the way of  Wish I Was Here  (dying,...

David Nicholls has adapted his own novel, under guidance of various seasoned producers like Sam Mendes and Tom Hanks. Fabulous cast: a gaw...

A family affair as much as the film, with Zach also starring in screenplay written by him and his brother Adam; they also co-produced. Fai...

Nasty, unnecessary violence and Pesci's too believable performance as a cunt undermine tale of whorehouse madame's fling with younge...

Not the biggest fan of Mr Winner or his films but this one is written by the reliable and funny Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais whose career...

Carry on Shagging  more like is about as low and obvious as you can get, though in some ways still rather sweet. Sid and Hattie run the Blis...