Miv Evans
Miv Evans is a British writer who relocated to Los Angeles in 2005. She has written 300+ film reviews and her debut novel was published in 2014.
Harry Potter & The Deathly Harrows: Part 1 – The End...
This Harry Potter finale could have been cut in half. It drags on like a death march, making its reluctant way to the final, tedious, 143rd, minute.
The King’s Speech – A Regal Romp
It's royal protocol for any toilet used by a monarch outside the palace to be smashed up, so how this worked when the King had his therapy at Rush's humble abode I have no idea.
Due Date – A Pointless Ride
Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr) is on a business trip in Texas and looking forward to the birth of his first child in one week's time.
Made in Dagenham – Exported to the World
When the hand that once rocked the cradle dons a gauntlet and lands a perfect right hook, there is no one more surprised than the greedy Ford Managers.
Outside The Law (Hors-La-Loi) – Vive La Revolution!
rustles up a very long charge sheet of the atrocities carried out by the French, who have never looked worse and which, of course, guarantees an audience. Outside of France, of course.
Conviction – With Doubt
It's a compelling journey and by the end of the film everyone will be wishing that they had a sister just like Betty Anne.
Inhale – The Organ Seekers
As the route to the coveted organs becomes more entwined, it becomes Sophie's Choice all over again, but with even weightier consequences.
Fair Game – Another Bush Basher
it's an interesting yarn and once word gets out that this is another Bush Basher, people will turn out in droves. So George has a purpose at last.
Social Network – Friends on Facebook?
A comment on the ugly face of success and, by the end of this story, so much treachery is unearthed and so many relationships sullied it's hard to decide who the last man standing is.
Tamara Drewe – Very British, Very Twee
It's possible that sexy young girls would become smitten by a successful novelist, but not this one. Nicholas is, to say the least, flabby.
Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Ajmal announces that he is safe because he is in the hands of fellow Muslims, in the hands of Islam. But his worried eyes tell a different tale.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – A Sequel Sell-Out
Although Money may Never Sleep, if you watch this in a comfy chair, there's a good chance you will.
The Arbor: A Documentary About a Yorkshire Family Torn Apart
Steeped in sadness but the renowned British stiff upper lip is in full play and it feels more like people doing their dirty washing in public than the tragedy that it is.
THE TOWN – Boston Born, Boston Bred
A story that turns the tension on and off like a conductor toying with his orchestra, but instead of a baton he's using an AK47, which makes it a pretty lively concerto.
Never Let Me Go – A Wristcutting Romp
It's about misery, suffering, hopelessness and death, and has very little to do with matters of the heart, unless you count the deadly surgical removals at the local hospital. I bet you can't wait to get to the theatre, can you?
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger – Woody Allen’s Latest...
Woody Allen started with some gems, but much trash has followed, many of which simply went through the motions of storytelling and showed Allen's distain for the audience and the people who finance his films.
Catfish – Face to Face
The filmmakers claim that Nev reading his texts from Megan out loud to his friends is romantic, but as these texts have sexual connotations, it sounds more like a peeing contest than anything else.
Dorian Gray – An Oscar Wilde Story
This film proves that you don't have to like who's up there on the screen, you just have to get them, and who doesn't get a guy who has such a good time that he misplaces his soul? Exactly.
City Island – DVD Review
Insulting your audience's intelligence is never a good idea and, as the producers now know, not the route to Box Office glory.
GHOST WRITER – Another Polanski Drama
The UK opposition to the invasion of Iraq was so great that many Brits wondered what the US President could have promised their leader and this film presents a possible conspiracy theory, which would explain Blair's spectacular wealth since leaving