!!!On The Screen Reviews

"I really enjoy these small, moving human stories. They question what makes us what we are, who we are and what is it we want to be." Con Nats 4 /5 Dalmatians I’m usually wary...

Con's Score: 3.5 cigarettes Some of the best films are the ones that say the least. The ones that leave gaps wide enough for you to fill in the silence, because that’s what your brain...

In this high energy, cringe-while-you-laugh buddy film of the Winter, Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami write, direct and star in the story of two flawed women who run a business devoted to speeding...

Con's Score:3.5 Damned spots The London National Theatre Live have gone with an old favourite of Shakespeare’s, with the Great Scottish play, as they say in theatre. Like anybody over the age of 30, I seen Macbeth...

I like films made about artists. It's as if the director takes their vision and ensures every frame is framed like art. To make a film about the earless one, Vincent Van Gogh, directors...

Con's Score:2 Voddies Anton Chekhov wrote some great plays which had multiple multi-layered characters, storylines and meanings, which make his stories attractive to actors and directors. Mike Mayer’s film has attracted a strong cast and...

Con's Score: 4 Diapers I’m not a parent but the appeal of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody (writer of Juno) coming together with Charlize Therone is hard to resist, even if the topic didn’t appeal. Charlize...

Con Score: 3 Skulls of Yorrick Hamlet was so rich with characters and internal conflicts, it could have had more spin offs than CSI. Ophelia, who was the troubled Hamlet’s lady, features in this female-driven film....

Con's Score: 4.5 Hands of God When I mentioned I was seeing this documentary to an English friend, a few minutes later he was still frothing. Maradona is someone who still inspires anger, passion and ridicule...

Con's Score: 4 What-what’s They travel to Nottingham Playhouse for Alan Bennett’s Madness of King Gearge III in the latest of these excellent London Theatre live productions. In 1786, King George (Mark Gatiss) is still rueing...