"Railway enthusiasts, don’t be misled by the title," warns film reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD in awarding half a star to "Bullet Train" and saying: "How other people will receive it I cannot foretell."
Dougal Macdonald
Dougal Macdonald is the former film reviewer for CityNews”
Movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD enjoys an amicable and positive documentary of interviews with autistic people from several countries and their carers.
"Comparing Westerner behaviour in front of stiff-upper-lip Moroccan servants, 'The Forgiven' is essentially a serious drama trying to dodge the inevitable," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"I was working hard to restrain a mixture of righteous indignation and regret that such a flabby narrative rather blighted the film’s lush exterior locations," writes reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD after seeing "Where the Crawdads Sing".
Five stars from reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD for "Official Competition", a movie making fun at movie making.
For the first three or four minutes of the musical comedy "Falling for Figaro", it looked as if what followed would be a predictable outcome. That wasn't the case, says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
Golf purists with long memories and a fondness for the history of the game, may well turn their noses up at "The Phantom of The Open", but it’s great fun, says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
Movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD casts a critical eye over Tim Roth's new movie "Sundown".
Dougal Macdonald reviews the new movie "Compartment No.6".
"Elvis’ musical style, form and content, never grabbed me during his life. But I sat enthralled by how Luhrmann and Butler have told his story," says movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
"With a handsome display of early 19th century costumes and locations 'Lost Illusions' delivers witty dialogue offering journalism as relevant now as it was then but with a different moral aesthetic," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
DOUGAL MACDONALD reviews the new Iranian film "A Hero", in which "its hero must confront obstacles at every turn; its emotional power is unremitting in its search for justice and emotional comfort."
