Tag Archives: A Monster Calls

Review in Brief: I Kill Giants (2017/18)

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

I KILL GIANTS is worth watching for many reasons, but one of the simpler pleasures on offer is the offhand way a character says the line “My older brother was misbegotten”. It feels like A MONSTER CALLS meets BRIDGE TO … Continue reading →

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Review: A Monster Calls (2016)

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

I read A MONSTER CALLS over Christmas in preparation for this. What took me so long? Conor (Lewis MacDougall) doesn’t have the luxury of a happy childhood. Between his mother (Felicity Jones) losing  her battle against cancer, his icy grandmother … Continue reading →

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