Ken Wilson

@kenwilson84

Ken is a feature writer award-winning editor covering subjects as diverse as the arts and design, film, the law, health and popular culture.

Reviews: 242

Other Articles: 17

The Incident

Potent issue-based thriller

JT LeRoy

Funny, sad and fascinating story of famous literary hoax

Domino

Overcomplicated misfire of an actioner

Sixteen Candles

Undemanding teen wrong-com with great soundtrack.

Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

A little gem of a film that’s sad, a tad sentimental but never maudlin

Chiang Yee – The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh

Charming but dated travel book about our capital city.

Swing Time

Glorious song’n’ dance musical from Fred and Ginger

Def-Con 4

Apocalyptic schlock-horror

The Heiress

Classic Hollywood period drama of romance and betrayal

Just Friends

Gay romcom beautifully done

My Brilliant Career

Soulful period drama with feminist message

A Face in the Crowd

Ferocious satire on the dangers of celebrity of which Trump should take note.

Cujo

Toe-curling cult classic about crazed canine

One, Two, Three

Cold War farce is a lesser Billy Wilder

The Song of Bernadette

St Bernadette stays calm in overlong 1940s religious melodrama

The White Reindeer

Haunting semi-horror set in Lapland

Art North magazine

Launch of publication ART NORTH, which celebrates the work of contemporary artists, craftmakers and venues throughout the Far North of Scotland

Damian Barr
You Will Be Safe Here

Debut novel from award-winning Damian Barr is mesmeric, powerful and quite riveting.

Detour

High-octane Poverty Row film noir

Babita Sharma
The Corner Shop

A memoir rather than in-depth analysis of that British institution – the corner shop.

Irma la Douce

Tennessee Williams meets Disney in a misconceived 60s romcom

Phantom Lady

Patchy but fascinating budget-basement noir that is great to look at

Sink the Bismarck!

Workman-like war movie is old-fashioned but authentic

Parents

Comic shocker with some nice touches