Graeme Strachan

@The_reviewist

Graeme Strachan is a writer based in Edinburgh. He has been a critic and reviewer for over 15 years, covering film, theatre, video-games and restaurants. He also likes to dabble in film and television production during the day.

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Babylon 5: The Road Home

A welcome return to a beloved franchise

Sound of Freedom

A well made but simplistically written thriller, not worth all the hyperbole

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Frantic and thrilling action isn’t up to the highest standards of the franchise

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

A poor swan-song for a much-loved character

Babylon

Beneath the glitz and glamour is a pit as shallow and lifeless as the people it portrays

Unwelcome

A frustrating and messy horror that wastes a decent premise and delightful practical effects

Rashomon

A timeless insight into the plurality of truth

Tár

A thunderous performance from Blanchett in a languid pseudo-biopic

Empire of Light

Beautiful and heartfelt, if disparate, ode to cinema

The Stranger

A dark and sinister walk alongside evil itself

Old People

Tired, confused, and geriatric horror

The Woman King

A grand sweeping epic trimmed down to the CliffsNotes

Doctor Who Am I?

A self-bestowed absolution for the 1996 film

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Wings of Desire

A moment in time, captured in existential wonder

The Northman

Like a campfire tale of bloody glory told snobbishly over cocktails and canapés

Swan Song

Soulful and beautiful, if slightly derivative, contemplation on the brevity of life

The Matrix Resurrections

Maybe the real Matrix was the studio system all along

Sacrilege

Watching this film is a more horrible experience than the nightmarish fates the characters experience

Kate

Assassin action drama a derivative waste of good talent

Hall

Indie horror starts well but unfortunately drifts into mediocrity

Chernobyl 1986

Entertaining, if ridiculous, tribute to the true heroes of the Chernobyl disaster

Prince of Muck

A sombre reflection on the passage of time, wearing down all things

The Road Dance

This cold and harrowing story is almost as dreich as the Hebrides it is set in

Absolute Denial

A clumsy and starkly drawn story of man’s relationship with technology