Movies This Week – 9-10-19 I guess the biggest surprise this week is that the new Ang Lee movie is a bit suspect! No critic seems to like Gemini Man, starring Will […]
Movies This Week – 9-10-19
Bait – Film Review
Bait – Film Review Director: Mark Jenkin Writer: Mark Jenkin Stars: Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Simon Shepherd This film arrives with a massive weight of expectation from reviews such as this one […]
Joker – Film Review
Joker – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by Todd Phillips Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy In cinemas October 4th Make no mistake, Joker may be a comic book […]
Judy – Film Review
Judy – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Rupert Goold Writers: Tom Edge (screenplay by), Peter Quilter (based on the stageplay “End of the Rainbow” by) Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn […]
Movies This Week – 2-10-19
Movies This Week – 2-10-19 This week it’s all about the letter J, as we have the much hyped Joker film release along with the Judy biopic, which arrives with a bit […]
Werewolf – Film Review
Werewolf – Film Review by Aisling Foster Written & directed by Adrian Panek Cinematographer: Dominik Danilczyk Starring Kamil Polnisiak, Sonia Mietielika & Nicolas Przygoda This is not a horror movie, though it […]
The Goldfinch – Film Review
The Goldfinch – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: John Crowley Starring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Nicole Kidman In cinemas September […]
Ready or Not – Film Review
Ready or Not – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell In cinemas September 25th Many movies poke fun at the “in-laws” and anyone […]
Best Before Death – Film Review
Best Before Death – Film Review Review by Frank L Directed by Paul Duane Stars: Tam Dean Burn, Bill Drummond, Avijit Halder Bill Drummond is in his sixties. In an earlier life, […]
Movies This Week – 25-09-19
Movies This Week – 25-09-19 How long have I been looking forward to the Goldfinch movie? Pretty much from the moment I first heard it announced. Sadly, no one seems to like […]
The Kitchen – Film Review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
No More Workhorse 