REVIEW: Capone

It’s 1946. Released from prison due to his late-stage syphilis, Al “Fonz” Capone (Tom Hardy) is convalescing at home in Palm Island, Florida.

Despite their grand, classically-styled estate, the family are broke; forced to gradually sell off their collection of paintings and statues.…

Usually a one-star rating feels punitive, but in the case of Fantastic 4 its cautionary, even a little sad.

 

If Bryan Singer’s X-Men uses being a mutant as a metaphor for being gay then Josh Trank’s gritty Fantastic Four reboot would seem analogous to being a moody teen.

Its central quarter is certainly a moody bunch: dweeby genius Reed Richards (Miles Teller), whose parents don’t understand him; Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), a would-be hard-case from a bad home; Johnny Storm (Michael B.…