The New Girlfriend – Reviewed by C MacNamara Director: François Ozon Starring: Anais Demoustier, Romain Duris, Raphael Personnaz, Isild Le Besco French Director François Ozon (The Swimming Pool, 8 Women) has been something of […]
Mad Max: Fury Road – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whitely. After dalliances with talking pigs and dancing penguins, septuagenarian George […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Joss Whedon Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth […]
Glassland – Movie Review Director: Gerard Barrett Writer: Gerard Barrett Stars: Will Poulter, Toni Collette, Jack Reynor John (Jack Reynor) is a young man in a working class area of Dublin. His […]
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – Movie Review by Laura Marriott Director: Brett Morgen Writer: Brett Morgen Stars: Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love Twenty one years on from when Kurt Cobain […]
Wild Tales – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Damian Szifron Writer: Damián Szifrón (as Damián Szifron) Stars: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa Wild Tales is comparable to a first […]
Cinderella – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Kenneth Brannagh Starring: Lily James, Cate Blanchet, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Helena Bonham Carter In cinemas February 27th Loosely […]
Still Alice – Movie Review by Frank L. Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland Writers: Lisa Genova (novel), Richard Glatzer (screenplay) Stars:Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart Alice Rowland (Julianne Moore) is at […]
Difret – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: Zeresenay Mehari Writer: Zeresenay Mehari (screenplay) Stars: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Rahel Teshome Based on true events that occurred in 1996, this is the […]
The Duke of Burgundy – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Peter Strickland Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Fatma Mohamed Peter Strickland’s third feature, The Duke of Burgundy, initially appears to […]
Selma – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Ava DuVernay Starring: David Oyelow, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Andre Holland, Tessa Thompson, Giovanni Ribisi, Lorraine Toussaint, Stephan James, Wendell Pierce, Common, Alessandro […]
Shaun the Sheep – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Directors: Mark Burton, Richard Starzack Writers: Mark Burton (screenplay), Richard Goleszowski Aardman Animations, the studio behind Wallace and Grommit and Chicken Run, have done […]
Trash – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Stephen Daldry Writers: Felipe Braga (additional material), Richard Curtis (screenplay) Stars: Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura Adapted by Richard Curtis from the novel […]
Big Hero 6 – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Don Hall and Chris Williams Starring the voices of: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, T. J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon […]
A Most Violent Year – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: J.C. Chandor Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Albert Brooks, Elyes Gabel In cinemas January 23rd The […]
Ex-Machina – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: Alex Garland Screenplay: Alex Garland Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Issac, Sonoya Mizuno The story: A 24 year old coder, Caleb, working in […]
Whiplash – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Damien Chazelle Starring: Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell, Jayson Blair, Kavita Patil In cinemas January 16th In […]
Foxcatcher – Movie Review by Francis Winston Directed by: Bennett Miller Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall In cinemas January 9th Three of Hollywood’s […]
The Theory of Everything – Movie Review by Frances Winston Drected by: James Marsh Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis In cinemas January […]
Birdman – Review by David Turpin Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Risborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. There’s a scene in Alejandro González […]
Ah yes, as 2014 departs we are left with only the memories of what went before! We’d happily recommend any of them. If you’ve missed one, they’re well worth checking out. 10. […]
Our first proper list of the year, and with only days remaining in this year, we’re just in time. These movies are all gems and the order hardly matters, but if we […]
Kon Tiki – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle Directors: Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg Cast: Pal Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustafb Skarsgard, Odd Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro and Agnes […]
The Great Museum– Review by Frank L. Directed by Johannes Holzhausen Writers: Johannes Holzhausen (concept), Constantin Wulff (concept) The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna is one of the great museums of the world. It […]
It’s December which is the season for making lists, and we are no different here at the Workhorse. We asked David Turpin to add his two cents with a list of his […]
Paddington – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Paul King Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman Paddington purists may balk at the latest – and […]
The Drop – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Michaël R. Roskam Starring: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Michael Aronov, Morgan Spector In cinemas […]
Set Fire to the Stars – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Andy Goddard Writers: Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones Stars: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly John Malcolm Brinnin (Elijah Wood) was […]
The Imitation Game – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Morten Tyldum Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Rory Kinnear In cinemas […]
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