thu 02/10/2025

Justine Elias

Articles By Justine Elias

Steve review - educator in crisis

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Freakier Friday review - body-swapping gone ballistic

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Tornado review - samurai swordswoman takes Scotland by storm

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Big Star: The Nick Skelton Story review - the ways of a man with his mount

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A Working Man - Jason Statham deconstructs villains again

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William Tell review - stirring action adventure with silly dialogue

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10 Questions for Mark Gatiss, writer-director of 'A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone'

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Witches review - beyond the broomstick, the cat, and the pointy hat

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Joy review - the birth pangs of in vitro fertilisation

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theartsdesk Q&A: Alice Lowe on 'Timestalker' and what women rue through the ages

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Notes from Sheepland review - her farm is her canvas

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The Critic review - beware the acid-tipped pen

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Starve Acre review - unearthing the unearthly in a fine folk horror film

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Cuckoo review - insane time in the Bavarian Alps

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Trap review - how not to find a serial killer in a haystack

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The Micro Golden Age of Mid Eighties Fantasy Films

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