The Kitchen – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Andrea Berloff Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Margo Martindale, Common, Bill Camp […]
The Farewell – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lulu Wang Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen A calm, sincere and tender-hearted family drama, The Farewell is based in […]
Movies This Week – 18-09-19 Two days before release and Rambo: Last Blood still doesn’t have a review. Hmm, sounds like a turkey to me! Also, the Kitchen is released and again […]
Ad Astra – Film Review Director: James Gray Writers: James Gray, Ethan Gross Stars: Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland We meet Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) as he is carrying […]
For Sama – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts Al-Khateab is a photographer who in 2012 lived in Aleppo in Syria. She supported the endeavours of […]
Movies This Week – 11-09-19 The movie that no one really asked for, Downton Abbey the movie is released this week. Don’t expect too much from it, but with a ready made […]
Extra Ordinary – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman Stars: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte Rose Dooley (Maeve Higgins) is a driving instructor with supernatural […]
Hustlers – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lorene Scafaria Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles O ye, of little faith. If you weren’t holding out much hope for yet […]
Aniara – Film Review by Aisling Foster Directed by Pelle Kagerman & Hugo Lilja Writers: Pella Kagerman (as Pella Kågerman), Hugo Lilja Stars: Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian It’s the very […]
It Chapter 2 – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Andy Muschietti Starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader It (2017) was no masterpiece. A slavishly faithful adaptation of the first […]
Movies This Week – 04-09-19 It’s a slow week at the cinema, but there are a few bits and pieces knocking around! It: Chapter 2 is sadly not very good, but there’s […]
A Million Little Pieces – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson Writers: James Frey, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (screenplay) Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst The film is based on […]
The Souvenir – Film Review Director: Joanna Hogg Writer: Joanna Hogg (screenplay) Stars: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) is an aspiring filmmaker. […]
Movies This Week – 28-08-19 This week we have a few very different releases. A Million Little Pieces is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson but sadly no one really seems to like it! […]
A Bump Along The Way – Film Review by Letizia Delmastro Director: Shelly Love Writer: Tess McGowan (Written by) Stars: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds Many films have been made about […]
Crawl – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Alexandre Aja Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon In cinemas August 23rd This film is probably hoping to do for […]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by André Øvredal Starring Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush In her interesting true crime-whatchamacallit The Red […]
Pain and Glory – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writer: Pedro Almodóvar (as Almodóvar) Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia Pain and Glory, the now-mononymous Almodóvar’s twenty-first feature […]
Movies This Week – 21-08-19 This week, we possibly have the trashiest looking horror/ thriller of the year in Crawl! Hard not to be tempted by it. Scary Stories To Tell In […]
Never Grow Old – Film Review by Diana Pérez García Directed and written by Ivan Kavanagh Cast: Emile Hirsch, Déborah François, John Cusack Opens on Friday August 23rd Ivan Kavanagh’s western Never […]
UglyDolls – Film Review Director: Kelly Asbury Writers: Alison Peck (screenplay by), Robert Rodriguez (story by) Stars: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe What happens to dolls that are not quite right? […]
Transit – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Directed by Christian Petzold Written by: Christian Petzold (adaptation), Anna Seghers (novel) Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Glese Opens on Friday August 16th […]
Movies This Week – 14-08-19 Well, it’s finally here! Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood arrives on the back of a very successful marketing campaign that kept it in the media for […]
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Film Review Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood tells the story of […]
Q&A with Director Ry Russo-Young- The Sun is Also a Star ‘The Sun is also a Star’ opens today nationwide. Starting with Yara Shahidi, talk about how you found your two leads—was […]
Animals – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sophie Hyde Writer: Emma Jane Unsworth Stars: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) are two young women […]
The Sun is also a Star – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Ry Russo-Young Writers: Tracy Oliver (screenplay), Nicola Yoon (novel) Stars: Yara Shahidi, Anais Lee, Charles Melton Let’s start with […]
Gaza – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell “Gaza’ or “the Gaza Strip” is a regular feature in news bulletins but it is invariably as part […]
The Art of Racing In The Rain – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Simon Curtis Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, Kathy Baker, Martin Donovan, Gary Cole, Kevin Costner (voice) Based […]
