Jamie Skinner

The Departed – Introduction

“I didn’t want to be a product of my environment, I wanted my environment to be a product of me.” With a rewrite of the character of Frank Costello the script for The Departed started to line up much more with Martin Scorsese’s view of the world in the film and real life. I talkContinue reading “The Departed – Introduction”

Coyote Vs Acme and 2026 summer movies – BBC Radio Somerset

A return to BBC Radio Somerset to discuss the long journey to save and release Coyote Vs Acme, and some chat about the big summer movies of 2026 with Breakfast show presenter Charlie Taylor. This segment was broadcast live, with me appearing over the phone, on Friday 21st August 2026.

The End Of Oak Street – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 39 minutes, Director – David Robert Mitchell The Platt family (Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery) fight for their lives, trying to find a way to escape their neighbourhood when overnight it’s transported to an unknown location surrounded by dinosaurs. What makes something a summer blockbusterContinue reading “The End Of Oak Street – Review”

Ice Cream Man – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 26 minutes, Director – Eli Roth When a mysterious ice cream man (Ari Millen) arrives in a quiet town, overnight the kids turn to kill all the adults in the area. As children race around, screaming and giggling as they disembowel one of their teachers beneath the jungleContinue reading “Ice Cream Man – Review”

Casino – Introduction

The Wild Bunch’s display of violence and gambles taken in a dying outlaw world influenced a lot of the same themes in Martin Scorsese’s Casino. In this introduction for the director’s urban western I look at the similarities between the two, as one exchanges banks and saloons for casinos and restaurants, and just what drewContinue reading “Casino – Introduction”

The Summer Book – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Director – Charlie McDowell Young Sophia (Emily Matthews) spends the summer on a small Finnish island with her father (Anders Danielsen Lie) and grandmother (Glenn Close), each quietly dealing with the loss of Sophia’s mother. The last time we saw Glenn Close in grandmother-mode was inContinue reading “The Summer Book – Review”

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Directors – Lauren Montgomery, Steve Ahn, William Mata A now grown up Aang (Eric Nam) reteams with old friends in order to locate a powerful magical staff that, if fallen into the wrong hands, could lead to disaster and his kind being wiped out. One ofContinue reading “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender – Review”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 25 minutes, Director – Destin Daniel Cretton Having been forgotten by the world, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) lives his days alone, wishing to reconnect with old friends, until an anonymous body-hopper and strengthening spider-sense cause chaos in New York. Alongside great power and great responsibility, Spider-Man is oftenContinue reading “Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Review”

The Odyssey – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 53 minutes, Director – Christopher Nolan With the Trojan War complete, Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his troops head home to Ithaca, an unexpectedly ten-year journey beset by the gods with monsters and disasters. Borrowing from his Oppenheimer flashback-style of time meddling, Christopher Nolan follows a weary Odysseus (MattContinue reading “The Odyssey – Review”

Moana (2026) – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Thomas Kail Teenage Moana (Catherine Laga’aia) ventures across the ocean to find demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to help her restore a stone heart that will bring life back to surrounding islands. While I continue to say that Disney’s live-action remakes are becoming too similarContinue reading “Moana (2026) – Review”