Eleanor Reviews

***** DVD Release/Available to stream The day before the court date that will release him from emergency call centre duty, Asger Holm answers the phone to a woman who has been abducted. When was the last time you saw a film that played out in just one setting? And with a run time below an hour and a half? Danish film The Guilty (or 'Den skyldige' to give the original title) accomplishes both. Opening with a routine scene of a police officer answering the phones on the late shift, the plot soon escalates into a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat thriller that packs an emotional punch far beyond the reach of numerous 'big budget' releases. With twists, turns and shocking revelations aplenty, The Guilty perfectly demonstrates that you don't need to have larger-than-life special effects or A-list actors to make a good film - just an intelligent, expertly-written script. Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is introduced to us as a disgruntled police officer w

***** When Bonnie creates Forky on her first day of kindergarten, Woody vows to protect her new toy - whatever the cost. A mishap on a road trip, however, throws Woody and Forky into a whole new adventure that will leave neither of them unchanged. Let's get the context straight before I begin - I've grown up with the Toy Story franchise: as a child, I was terrified of Sid and his horrible dog; I cried at Jessie's heartbreaking backstory song in Toy Story 2 ; and, in the summer before I headed off to university, I saw the third installment with a large group of friends at the cinema. As Woody, Buzz Lightyear and company faced the incinerator at the end of the film, I looked along the line of seats at the faces of my childhood friends, and it felt like the perfect conclusion - not only to my formative years, but also to the franchise.  Imagine my anxiety, then, when Pixar announced that there would be a fourth installment! How could they add another fi