Adam Thornton
Adam is a budding film reviewer who is still working out how to use his Masters in Film Studies from Aberystwyth University. His main hobby is watching films, especially Hong Kong action cinema, although he has no (actual) knowledge of martial arts whatsoever! His other interests include stand-up comedy, but only as an audience member, and reading books about film. His quest to obtain a social life is still ongoing...
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Reviews: 180
Other Articles: 5
Black Medicine
Fast-paced Northern Irish thriller benefits from strong performances and intelligent writing
The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson’s Indian journey takes him into geographically and culturally-unfamiliar territory
Night Shift
Strong performances and characterisations sit alongside a heavy-handed asylum seeker narrative in uneven police drama
Spider
An impressively chilling look at how Chile’s fascist past informs the far-right extremism of today
The Plan
A dialogue-heavy stage-to-screen adaptation that impresses through its performances and narrative twists
Gunpowder Heart
An LGBTQ perspective provides a refreshingly unique take on the standard revenge narrative
The Bay of Silence
Strong performances can’t distract from a derivative and implausible mystery-thriller
Chasing Dream
Acclaimed Hong Kong director To returns with an entertaining mixture of musicals and MMA
Black Test Car/ The Black Report
Dynamic duo of Japanese new wave gems highlighting corporate corruption
Nobody Knows I’m Here
Interesting, if somewhat abbreviated, look at how one man’s past returns to haunt him
