Laura Delaney

Multimedia Journalist

The Shape of Water will float around your mind for days after viewing

The Shape of Water - not just a fish out of water tale

Guillermo del Toro's wildly imaginative adult fairytale is an opulently entertaining monster fable that is spectacularly stylised and perversely enchanting.

Movie Review • 13 Feb 18

Day-Lewis dives into the psyche of a disturbed character with incredible intensity

Day-Lewis' swan song is a well-dressed masterpiece

Daniel Day Lewis' swan song is a wonderfully delirious and bewitching masterpiece.

Movie Review • 06 Feb 18

No FOMO here! Ingrid Goes West is in need of contouring

A picture is worth a thousand words - but when it comes to social media - a picture is worth a thousand likes.

Ingrid Goes West • 16 Nov 17

Geostorm isn't worth making an unnecessary journey for. In fact, it should come with a red alert.

Red alert! Geostorm is an unnecessary journey

With a big budget and stellar cast, first-time director Dean Devlin had all of the right conditions to create the perfect storm, but instead of breaking any new ground, the movie evaporates into thin air.

geostorm • 20 Oct 17

It's Not Yet Dark is an inspirational story of survival

It's Not Yet Dark: an inspiring, heartfelt masterpiece

Simon Fitzmaurice relies on a home ventilator to keep him alive; a motorised wheelchair to help him keep up with his five young kids; and eye-gaze technology to communicate with his loved ones. But make no mistake, Simon's spirit for life can't be broken.

It's Not Yet Dark • 16 Oct 17

Valerian is a spectacular but the messy script and miscast leads make it a sinking ship

Valerian will leave you feeling spaced out

French director Luc Besson's adaptation of the French comic series Valérian and Laureline is as eye-popping and jaw-dropping as his previous films The Fifth Element and Lucy but the shoddy script sends the space opera into a black hole.

Movie Reviews • 01 Aug 17

Lightning McQueen takes on a young hotshot in Cars 3

Cars 3 promises to bring your little ones on a joy ride

Pixar's third chapter in the Cars franchise has just enough fuel to stay in the race.

cars 3 • 14 Jul 17

Churchill

The latest outing about The British Bulldog really is barking up the wrong tree.

movie review • 20 Jun 17

Goldie Hawn is back on the big screen after 15 years but her big comeback doesn't deliver

Snatched - familiar gags but steals just enough laughs

Amy Schumer's debut film Trainwreck opened to impressive box-office numbers in 2015 and earned the comedienne a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination. Unfortunately, her follow-up flick goes off the tracks completely on a one-way ticket to Razzieville.

movie review • 18 May 17

Aspiring medical student (Oscar Issac) finds himself caught up in a frivolous love triangle

The Promise neglects history with frivolous love story

The Promise attempts to showcase the almost forgotten narrative of the Armenian Holocaust, in which 1.5 million innocent civilians were slaughtered - a massacre which still to this day isn't recognised or commemorated by the Turkish government.

Movie Reviews • 22 May 17