Lesley Collier - Film Reviews

Lesley Collier’s degree in English Literature and Film Studies, her own screenwriting and filmmaking experience make her uniquely qualified to sort the cinematic wheat from the chaff.

Edinburgh Film Festival & London Bicycle Festival

Lesley travels to Edinburgh to check out the International Film Festival, then back to London for more movies…

Superman Returns (2006)

I have always, always, been monogamous when it comes to superhero lovin’…

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

The Da Vinci Code is a great yarn, but somehow Howard manages to make the story feel lumbering…

Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

Shot wholly in black and white, this film looks as smooth as the scotch that one imagines is locked in the news teams’ drawers…

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Destined to be a office success, there was some doubt as to whether the film would be any good…

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

In Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm the eponymous siblings are dodgy dealing con artists…

Pride and Predjudice (2005)

When I heard that there would be a remake of Pride and Prejudice my first reply was “what, another one?”