Everest – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Starring: Jason Clarke, Josh BrolinMichael Kelly, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Jake Gyllenhaal In cinemas September […]
Everest – Film Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Written by: William Nicholson; Simon Beaufoy Starring: Jason Clarke; Jake Gyllenhaal; Kiera Knightley; Josh Brolin; John Hawkes; Naoko Mori Everest tells […]
A Walk in the Woods – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Ken Kwapis Writers: Rick Kerb (screenplay), Bill Holderman (screenplay), Bill Bryson (Memoir) Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson Based […]
Irrational Man – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Woody Allen Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey In cinemas September 11th Even the most ardent Woody Allen fan will admit […]
Legend – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri In cinemas September 9th Based on the book The Profession […]
The Visit – Film Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Director: M. Night Shyamalan Writer: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould,Deanna Dunagan, Peter Mc Robbie Some of the best horror movies are […]
Pasolini – Film Review by Frank L. Directed Abel Ferrara Stars: Willem Dafoe, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ninetto Davoli Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered in 1975. Precisely what happened is not free from doubt. […]
Irrational Man – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey Written not surprisingly by Woody Allen, the anti-hero is Abe […]
Legend – Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Brian Helgeland Writer: Brian Helgeland, John Pearson (book) Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton A paranoid schizophrenic walk into a bar. Bristling with all […]
No Escape – Film Review by Frances Winston Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson Owen Wilson has made so many fluffy […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Frances Winston. Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke Based on […]
Dope – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Forest Whitaker At the start three dictionary definitions of the word “Dope” appear across the […]
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Diablo Cody Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer It is rude to refer to a lady’s age […]
Cartel Land – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Matthew Heineman Stars: Robert Hetrick It is well known that Mexico has a collection of ruthless drug cartels that are extraordinarily powerful and […]
No Escape – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson From a brief glance; No Escape looks […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke In an […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review V2.0 by C.K. MacNamara Director: Aleksander Bach Writers: Skip Woods, Michael Finch Starring: Rupert Friensd, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto Dull, sterile and unable to measure up […]
Closed Curtain – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi Stars: Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moqadam, Jafar Panahi On 10th December 2010, Jafar Panahi was sentenced in Iran […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann In cinemas 27th August The 2007 video game […]
Miss Julie – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Liv Ullmann Writers: August Strindberg (play), Liv Ullmann (screenplay) Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton Based on the play by August Strindberg, […]
Straight Outta Compton – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: F. Gary Gray Writers: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay) Stars: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Straight Outta Compton documents […]
45 Years – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James After a dalliance in television as showrunner for HBO soap opera Looking, Andrew Haigh […]
Theeb – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Naji Abu Nowar Writers: Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh In 1916, the first World […]
The Great Wall – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Tadgh O’Sullivan Tadgh O’Sullivan was inspired to create this film by a short story of Franz Kafka “Beim Baum der Chinesischen […]
The Wolfpack – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Directed by: Crystal Moselle Starring: Visnu Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Oscar Angulo, Krsna Angulo The Wolfpack is a thought experiment come to life: what would […]
The Treatment – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Hans Herbots Writer: Mo Hayder (novel), Carl Joos Starring: Geert van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche. To say The Treatment is a […]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Guy Ritchie Writer: Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander The auteur days of Snatch and Lock, […]
Trainwreck – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Judd Apatow Writer: Amy Schumer Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson Amy Schumer has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the last […]
Mistress America – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig Starring: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Heather Lind. Beginning with what seems like a schlocky ‘growing up […]
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