Jon S. Baird

Tetris Review: Ready Player One

We’re finally getting a look at how the 8-bit classic came to be in Tetris, a fresh and fast-paced new feature for Apple TV+ that's worthy of your time.

Stan & Ollie Review

Stan & Ollie succeeds as a tribute to a pair of undeniable screen legends who deserved better.

Home Entertainment Review: Filth

Filth (Jon S. Baird, 2014) – It’s possible that Irvine Welsh’s novel Filth might have been unfilmable, but that certainly didn’t stop writer and director Jon S. Baird from trying. It’s an admirable attempt to encapsulate a decent into abject madness and abasement at the hands of one of Welsh’s most memorably misanthropic creations, if it’s not […]

Filth Review

Despite some good moments and an exceptional high wire performance from James McAvoy in the lead, the Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth is too scattershot to succeed.