Youth – Film Review by Frank L. Written and Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz The action, which is remarkably unergetic given the title, starts and mostly […]

Spotlight – Film Review by Shane Larkin Director: Tom McCarthy Writers: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams The newspaper procedural as a subgenre has always offered a […]

Our Brand is in Crisis – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: David Gordon Green Starring: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe […]

The Big Short – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Adam McKay Starring: Christian Bale,  Steve Carell,  Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall as Marisa Tomei, Melissa Leo as Georgia Hale, Karen Gillan, Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez,  Richard Thaler, Anthony Bourdain […]

The 5th Wave – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by J. Blakeson Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber. Director J. Blakeson’s teenage science-fiction opus takes its title from […]

Our Brand is Crisis – Review by David Turpin Directed by David Gordon Green Starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Ann Dowd Seguing from his understated early features (George Washington, All the […]

The Assassin – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou Writers: Cheng Ah (screenplay) (as Zhong Acheng) , T’ien-wen Chu (screenwriter) Stars: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki Over his career, […]

Creed – Film Review by Pierce McDonough Directed by Ryan Coogler Writers: Ryan Coogler (screenplay), Aaron Covington (screenplay) Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson Ryan Coogler doesn’t tweak the boxing […]

Room – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy In cinemas January 15th Adapted by author Emma Donoghue […]

The Last Hijack: An Interview with Tommy Pallotta Andrew Darley talked to Tommy Pallotta on the evening his new documentary, The Last Hijack, was released. Together with Femke Wolting, the film is […]

Bolshoi Babylon – Film Review Directors: Nick Read, Mark Franchetti Stars: Maria Alexandrova, Maria Allash, Sergei Filin We are told at the start of this documentary that there are two brands that […]

Last Hijack – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directors: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting Writers: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting In the last few years, Somalia has become synonymous with Piracy. Classed as one […]

The Danish Girl – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Tom Hooper Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts. Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard In a year where Ireland embraced […]

Joy – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: David O. Russell Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Bradley Cooper In cinemas January 1st […]

The Danish Girl – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard If Caitlyn Jenner has taught us nothing else – and […]

In the Heart of the Sea – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Ron Howard Writers: Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Charles Leavitt (story) Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Benjamin Walker Based […]

Daddy’s Home – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Sean Anders Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Whalberg, Linda Cardellini, Thomas Hayden Church In cinemas December 26th Following their 2010 collaboration on The […]

Moving On – Review by Frank L. Created on behalf of the Peter McVerry Trust and St.Gobain plc This is a short documentary which tells how the Peter McVerry Trust, which is […]