I don’t often go back and properly read or listen to the work I’ve done in the past unless I’m maybe putting it on this website or on socials – as is somewhat the case here. I tend to let it exist as it is and think about the general idea of the feature, interviewContinue reading “Derek And Clive Sink A Studio | Film Stories”
Author Archives: Jamie Skinner
Bananaman The Movie: How The Man Of Peel Slipped Away | Film Stories
Back in May 2022 one of my first published features made it to the pages of Film Stories magazine. Looking at the story of one of my favourite cancelled films, Bananaman The Movie, alongside the work of Emanata Studios adapting DC Thomson comic characters far beyond the ‘Beano-verse’. You can read the full feature onContinue reading “Bananaman The Movie: How The Man Of Peel Slipped Away | Film Stories”
No Place For Football – Review
Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Directors – Brandon Scott Smith, Derek Sullivan Smith A team from Nuuk travel to take part in Greenland’s annual major football tournament, where conditions mean that training and gameplay are confined to three months. The score to No Place For Football, often lead by some simpleContinue reading “No Place For Football – Review”
Backrooms – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Kane Parsons After falling through a wall in his furniture store, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) explores an endless maze of almost empty office-like rooms, bringing more people in as the few unexplained contents, and creatures, start to attack. YouTube channel Kane Pixels’ viral series TheContinue reading “Backrooms – Review”
Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Jon Favreau In order to capture a former Galactic Empire commander, bounty hunter The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu must rescue the fight-pit-champion son of Jabba The Hutt (Jeremy Allen White). After seven years away the return of Star Wars toContinue reading “Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu – Review”
Normal – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 28 minutes, Director – Ben Wheatley A temporary sheriff (Bob Odenkirk) finds it difficult to leave a small, peaceful town as he found it when it seems the population is hiding a deadly secret. As temporary sheriff Ulysses Richardson (Bob Odenkirk) tell us in his opening monologue thatContinue reading “Normal – Review”
Obsession – Review
Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Curry Barker After using what he believes to be a novelty item to wish that his friend will love him more than anyone else in the world, Bear (Michael Johnston) finds himself trapped by Nikki’s (Inde Navarrette) desperate, increasingly manic, love. Inde Navarrette’s turnContinue reading “Obsession – Review”
Tuner – Review
Release Date – 29th May 2026, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Daniel Roher Piano tuner Niki’s (Leo Woodall) sensitive hearing condition comes in use for unlocking safes, especially when needing to raise money for his boss’ (Dustin Hoffman) hospital bills, however it leads to trouble with a gang ofContinue reading “Tuner – Review”
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live In 3D) – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 54 minutes, Directors – James Cameron, Billie Eilish Concert film of Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard And Soft tour, featuring interviews with Eilish about who she wants to be as an artist and behind the scenes details during the gig. Billie Eilish’s music may generally not be forContinue reading “Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live In 3D) – Review”
Mortal Kombat II – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 56 minutes, Director – Simon McQuoid When in need of a new member to fight in a tournament that will determine the fate of the Earthrealm, its defenders bring in washed-up action movie star Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) to take part in Mortal Kombat. What I appreciate aboutContinue reading “Mortal Kombat II – Review”
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