Greg Stuart

Highly entertaining, a good witty script, the ever so likeable Mark Wahlberg, action packed, but here is the thing, it’s as far fetched as a storyline can possibly get. Otherwise worth a watch if you can’t find anything suitable to watch.

Good casting and good performances. But it all falls apart with a weak script, and more holes in the story than the holes in the Titanic. Give it a miss, unless you can’t find anything else to watch.

How can I sum this up without being too critical? Performances are good, with some surprise well known guest stars popping up here and there, the storyline is gripping, if not a tad predictable, the photography is breathtaking (one doesn’t realise quite how beautiful our country is and the Welsh coastline truly is until you watch something like this) and all in all I found it enjoyable. Quite good for an afternoons entertainment. Watched it on ITV+.

And this won 5 academy awards including best picture. Either the academy was short of decent movies, or its members who voted for this piece of junk were intoxicated. The performances are ok, but the movie is a rambling essay of poor decisions that the leading character played by Mikey Madeson makes as we follow her journey from an adult sex entertainer, to a rushed marriage to an ultimate annulment. Frankly the only poor decision she made was to appear in this load of junk. By the way her performance was excellent and that’s why it deserves 1 star

It’s fun, neatly directed and good performance from Glen Powell. Recommend it.

Whilst the performances are ok, and it starts off very promising, I’m afraid it becomes quite ridiculously laughable. It’s as if the producers ran out of money halfway through, much like what happens to poor Emma (Sally Lindsay) , who is conned out of her life savings by Niko (Gerald Kyd). The obvious lack of funds must have caused the producers to cut back on scriptwriters or something like that , as the lines become so cliched and Neil Morrisey, who I have never much rated as an actor, really puts in a lacklustre, dreadful and wooden performance, as the hard done by ex husband, who comes to her rescue. At times his performance is so bad, you feel like giving up half way. Give it a miss. Perhaps the only good thing about it are the aerial shots of Cyprus, which could go a long way in promoting the island by way tourism. And the editing is shaky as well. Maybe they fired the editor and did a handjob. It’s dreadful.

Although intriguing, with good performances, there are a lot of inconsistencies with respect to the plot. Unfortunately if I gave examples it would spoilt the story for anyone interested in viewing the series. Suffice to say it is enjoyable, just don’t expect too much and you won’t be disappointed.

It’s so so so slow. It is a complete waste of time, whilst good performances from its leading cast, notably Kirsten Dunst, attempt to cope with a very thin plot, some confusing themes and a President who the press team are travelling miles to see and interview. He makes an appearance at the beginning of the movie and at at the end, and the viewer cannot fathom out who is fighting whom and for what reason. Avoid it and watch something else, you won’t be missing anything.

It starts off promising with good performances from Alexandra Roach and Joe Cole, but quickly moves from the sublime to the ridiculous and concludes with a non- convincing end that leaves the viewer wondering why they had wasted hours on it. Avoid

Finally watched it! What can I say. Outstanding 5* It truly deserved every single award it won. An incredibly thought provoking factual drama that makes one really fear what once again could become a reality. And instead of blaming the scientists who were instructed to create a destruction on a scale that the world had never witnessed and an event which changed history, blame the politicians who commanded it. One must bare in mind that the war in the Europe had concluded when Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945. So was it necessary for the United States to detonate two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people? . The subsequent trials and persecution of individuals that unfolded during the McCarthy years, whilst spreading fear of alleged communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States, blaming the very man they had previously anointed as their Saviour, is hypocrisy at its best. Not to mention making him a scapegoat for their own guilt. There is not one performance in it that was not truly convincing or mesmorisimg. This is the realisation that cinema, when told so brilliantly is a true form of art. Oppenheimer shatters the glass ceiling for any future film maker or actor. Be warned it’s long, but it never ever loses your attention. And that for me is a true reflection of perfection. I highly recommend it.