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 […]
No Escape – Film Review V2.0
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review V2.0
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 – Film Review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
The Seven Five – Film Review
The Seven Five – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Tiller Russell Stars: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw It is the early nineteen eighties and young Michael Dowd is a […]
Max – Film Review
Max – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Boaz Yakin Writers: Boaz Yakin, Sheldon Lettich Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Kleintank The story of a military dog with Post-Traumatic Stress […]
Mangelhorn – Film Review V2.0
Mangelhorn – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: David Gordon Green Writer: Paul Logan Starring: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine The coupling of Al Pacino and Holly Hunter in a slow […]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Film Review
The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marielle Heller Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig Minnie (Bel Powley) is the fifteen year old daughter […]
Pixels – Film Review
Pixels – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Chris Columbus Writer: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Timothy Dowling Starring: Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, Josh Gad The fetid swamp that is the […]
Manglehorn – Film Review – Film Review
Manglehorn – Film Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: David Gordon Green Screenplay: Paul Logan Cast: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, Chris Messina, Natalie Wilemon, Luis Olmeda, Edrick Browne and Marisa Varela. […]
Hard to be a God – Film Review
Hard to be a God – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Aleksi German Starring: Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Evgeniy Gerchakov, Laura Lauri Based on a 1964 novel by Arkady and […]
Hot Pursuit – Film Review V2.0
Hot Pursuit – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Anne Fletcher Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Robert Kazinsky, John Carroll Lynch In cinemas July 31st Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara have […]
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – Film Review V2.0
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin In cinemas July 30th […]
No More Workhorse 