Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Rachael Abigail Holder Writer Roger (André Holland) is trying to write a feature about Brooklyn as it enters a new post-COVID chapter, whilst balancing relationships with friendly ex Casey (Nicole Beharie) and widow Nicole (DeWanda Wise). Much like Love, BrooklynContinue reading “LFF 2025: Love, Brooklyn – Review”
Author Archives: Jamie Skinner
Is This Thing On? – Review
Release Date – 30th January 2026, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 1 minute, Director – Bradley Cooper Trying to cope with the divorce process, Alex (Will Arnett) finds himself turning to stand-up to get into a bar for free, getting a kick from it he grows his confidence for comedy and rebuilding hisContinue reading “Is This Thing On? – Review”
LFF 2025: Lady – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Samuel Abrahams Isolated Lady Isabella (Sian Clifford) welcomes a camera crew into her estate to make a documentary about her in the build-up to her youth talent show, however over time she starts to lose herself in her home. LadyContinue reading “LFF 2025: Lady – Review”
Saipan – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Directors – Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D’Sa In the build up to the 2002 World Cup the Irish national team travel to Saipan to acclimatise and train, however tensions rise between manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) and star captain Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) The heat ofContinue reading “Saipan – Review”
Mercy – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – Timur Bekmambetov 2029, LAPD detective Chris Raven (Chris Pratt) has 90 minutes to prove his innocence before an AI judge (Rebecca Ferguson) for the murder of his wife (Annabelle Wallis). If he fails, he’s executed. The odds should really stacked against Mercy, in factContinue reading “Mercy – Review”
Return To Silent Hill – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Christophe Gans After receiving a mysterious letter from his ex (Hannah Emily Anderson), James (Jeremy Irvine) returns to the town of Silent Hill, however as its form changes around him it seems abandoned aside from a series of deadly monsters. 20 years ago, ChristopheContinue reading “Return To Silent Hill – Review”
Discussing the 2026 Oscar nominations – BBC Radio Somerset
A live conversation had between myself and BBC Radio Somerset’s Breakfast show presenter Charlie Taylor about the 2026 Oscar nominations, announced the day before. As might be expected from this kind of coverage we discuss snubs, surprises, likely winners and notable nominees. A moment of my mind blanking also leads to me committing the cardinalContinue reading “Discussing the 2026 Oscar nominations – BBC Radio Somerset”
LFF 2025: Retreat – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Ted Evans Eva (Anne Zander) arrives at a special community for deaf people, as she becomes more involved in the place Matt (James Joseph Boyle), who has been there since childhood, becomes more disillusioned with it and drawn to theContinue reading “LFF 2025: Retreat – Review”
Airplane – Introduction
Originally intended as a film within a film, Airplane borrowed so much from one 50s disaster flick that the ZAZ creative team got the rights to remake it in order to get away with their spoof. As everyone was asking “surely, you can’t be serious?” the line that followed got everyone to relax about whatContinue reading “Airplane – Introduction”
Titane – Introduction
Back in the summer of 2023 I introduced a screening of writer-director Julia Ducournau’s body horror Titane at the Bristol Megascreen (at the time simply known as the former Bristol IMAX) in Bristol Aquarium. The video below features a specially re-recorded version of that introduction, read from what I had written before the screening. LookingContinue reading “Titane – Introduction”
Just A Little Bit Random 