The Front Runner – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Jason Reitman Writers: Matt Bai, Jay Carson Stars: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons The Front Runner tells the tale of doomed […]
The Front Runner – Film Review
Movies This Week – 16-01-19
Movies This Week – 16-01-19 We’ve an Oscar movie released this week with Beautiful Boy hitting the cinemas. Is that the end of them? Not quite, as there’s still Vice next week […]
Beautiful Boy – Film Review
Beautiful Boy – Film Review Director: Felix van Groeningen Writers: Luke Davies (screenplay by), Felix van Groeningen (screenplay by) Stars: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney This is the story of a […]
Colette – Film Review
Colette – Film Review by Frank L Director: Wash Westmoreland Writers: Richard Glatzer (screenplay by), Wash Westmoreland (screenplay by) Stars: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West Wash Westmoreland collaborated with his partner […]
Stan and Ollie – Film Review
Stan and Ollie – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jon S. Baird Writer: Jeff Pope Stars: John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Steve Coogan In the nineteen thirties, the slapstick comedy duo […]
Monsters and Men – Film Review
Monsters and Men – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Writer: Reinaldo Marcus Green Stars: Chanté Adams, Giuseppe Ardizzone, Nicole Beharie As they say in the movie biz: ‘No […]
The Upside – Film Review
The Upside – Film Review by Pat Viale Director: Neil Burger Writers: Jon Hartmere (screenplay by), Éric Toledano (based on the motion picture “Les Intouchables” by) Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kevin Hart, Bryan […]
RBG – Film Review
RBG – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, Sharron Frontiero Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in 1933 in Brooklyn to a first […]
Best Film of 2018 – #10-01
Best Film of 2018 – #10-01 Here at the Workhorse, we love film. We love the quirky ones, the odd ball ones and the ones that are a bit messed up. Here […]
Mary Poppins Returns – Film Review
Mary Poppins Returns – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Rob Marshall Writers: David Magee (screenplay by), David Magee (screen story by) etc. Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw With any […]
Bumblebee – Film Review
Bumblebee – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Travis Knight Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon In cinemas December 24th Previews December 14th […]
Aquaman – Film Review
Aquaman – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: James Wan Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman In cinemas December 12th Although […]
The House That Jack Built – Film Review
The House That Jack Built – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lars Von Trier Starring Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Riley Keough, Sofie Gråbøl Watching The House That […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Writers: Phil Lord (screenplay by), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man created by) etc. Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld […]
Sorry to Bother You – Film Review
Sorry to Bother You – Film Review Director: Boots Riley Writer: Boots Riley Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) needs a break! He lives in his Uncle’s […]
The Belly of the Whale – Film Review
The Belly of the Whale – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Morgan Bushe Writers: Morgan Bushe, Greg Flanagan Stars: Art Parkinson, Michael Smiley, Lewis MacDougall Set in an Irish dead beat, […]
White Boy Rick – Film Review
White Boy Rick – Film Review by Frank L Director: Yann Demange Writers: Andy Weiss, Logan Miller Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley In the 1980’s Detroit had been in economic […]
The Old Man & the Gun – Film Review
The Old Man & the Gun – Film Review by Frank L. Director: David Lowery Writers: David Lowery, David Grann (based on the New Yorker article by) Stars: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, […]
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Film Review
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan […]
The Wild Pear Tree – Film Review
The Wild Pear Tree – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writers: Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan Stars: Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar This new feature film from Nuri […]
Movies This Week – 28-11-18
Movies This Week – 28-11-18 It’s a strange one this week as the critics pretty much like everything! Yes, there’s a glow of love towards Creed II, Disobedience and Anna And The […]
Anna and the Apocalypse – Film Review
Anna and the Apocalypse – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director: John McPhail Writers: Alan McDonald, Ryan McHenry Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire If you’ve seen any zombie movies – […]
Shoplifters – Film Review
Shoplifters – Film Review by Frank L. Director(s): Hirokazu Koreeda Writers(s): Hirokazu Koreeda Actors: Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andô The Shibata family eke out their existence on the geographical […]
The Camino Voyage – Film Review
The Camino Voyage – Film Review by Frank L Director: Donal O’Ceilleachair Stars: Glen Hansard, Liam Holden, Danny Sheehy The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela has many routes but the intrepid, multifaceted […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Film Review
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: David Yates Writers: J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling (based upon characters created by) Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler […]
They Shall Not Grow Old – Film Review
They Shall Not Grow Old – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Peter Jackson The first line of the fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the Fallen’ is an apt […]
Wildlife – Film Review
Wildlife – Film Review by Frank L Director: Paul Dano Writers: Paul Dano (screenplay by), Zoe Kazan (screenplay by) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould This is based on Richard Ford’s […]
Overlord – Film Review
Overlord – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Julius Avery Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier In cinemas November 7th Producer J.J. Abrams (who also conceived this story with the screenwriter […]
Widows – Film Review
Widows – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Steve McQueen Writers: Gillian Flynn (screenplay by), Steve McQueen (screenplay by) Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki Steve McQueen follows his highly acclaimed […]
