Magpie

All sorts of klaxons are sounding, red lights flashing and warning bells ringing at the beginning of Magpie, a neo-noir which, by the end, has triumphed in telling a story which Roald Dahl (wearing his adult hat) might be proud to call one of his own. It’s a screenplay written by an actor and it’s his first one – two amber signals right there. What’s more writer Tom Bateman is the husband of the film’s star, Daisy Ridley. And the story is “based on an original idea by Daisy Ridley”. There are are so many potential bear traps there that trepidation is understandable. And yet. A small, dark, exquisitely formed thriller-ish story is … Read more