Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Top Gun: Maverick

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 12, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals, Spotlight |

Tom Cruise returns to his career-making role as a hotshot U.S. Navy pilot in director Joseph Kosinski’s shallow but action-packed sequel ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Wake Up Punk

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Apr 23, 2022 | Glasgow, Spotlight |

Fashion icon Vivienne Westwood and her son Joe Corré attempt to reclaim punk’s radical roots in director Nigel Askew’s scrappy but engaging documentary ‘Wake Up Punk’.

My Old School

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Apr 14, 2022 | Dublin, Festivals, Glasgow, Hot Docs, Spotlight, Sundance |

Scottish director Jono McLeod’s debut documentary ‘My Old School’ is a highly entertaining account of an outlandish fraud and its lingering aftershocks.

Boiling Point

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 31, 2022 | Festivals, London, Spotlight |

ORIGINALLY REVIEWED OCT. 9, 2021 Stephen Graham gives a raw, red-meat performance as a troubled chef in this sizzling single-shot ensemble drama now on Netflix.

Belfast

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, London, Red Sea, Tallinn, Toronto |

ORIGINALLY REVIEWED OCT. 13, 2021 Kenneth Branagh won the Academy Award for best original screenplay for this warm, funny, visually sumptuous autobiographical drama.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Top Gun: Maverick

Wake Up Punk

My Old School

Boiling Point

Belfast