Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Clint Bentley The early 20th century, Robert Grainier’s (Joel Edgerton) life working on building train lines unfolds amongst personal tragedy, distance from his family and the rapidly changing face of America. Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) is helping to build the great, modern American railroad.Continue reading “Train Dreams – Review”
Author Archives: Jamie Skinner
Wicked: For Good – Review
Cert – PG, Run-time – 2 hours 17 minutes, Director – Jon M. Chu Branded the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) fights to prove the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) as a fraud, with Glinda (Ariana Grande) caught between her friend and the public’s image of her. Somehow, after what seems likeContinue reading “Wicked: For Good – Review”
LFF 2025: Rental Family – Review
Release Date – 9th January 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Hikari Small-time American actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser) gets a job working for a Tokyo-based company which sends people out to play small, often unknown, roles in strangers lives. Because of the way in which UK awards releases stillContinue reading “LFF 2025: Rental Family – Review”
LFF 2025: Hamnet – Review
Release Date – 9th January 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Chloé Zhao The marriage between William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley) is put under consistent strain as he goes away to stage his plays, especially in the wake of familial tragedies where the pair struggleContinue reading “LFF 2025: Hamnet – Review”
Bath Film Fest 2025: Sentimental Value – Review
Release Date – 26th December 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 13 minutes, Director – Joachim Trier Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgård) returns to filmmaking after 20 years with a personal film based on his family’s life, wishing to re-establish ties with his daughters (Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas) by involving them, however allContinue reading “Bath Film Fest 2025: Sentimental Value – Review”
LFF 2025: Cover-Up – Review
Release Date – 5th December 2025, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Directors – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus Documentary looking at the work of political journalist Seymour Hersh, who uncovered and reported on some of the biggest cover-ups and exposés of the last 60 years. Seymour Hersh appears to want to focusContinue reading “LFF 2025: Cover-Up – Review”
LFF 2025: Blue Moon – Review
Release Date – 28th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – Richard Linklater Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) leaves the premiere of Oklahoma! to visit his trusted bar, knowing the afterparty is imminent there, alongside his former creative partner Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). “Do you ever feel like you’re entireContinue reading “LFF 2025: Blue Moon – Review”
LFF 2025: Pillion – Review
Release Date – 28th November 2025, Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Harry Lighton Quiet parking officer Colin (Harry Melling) becomes the submissive partner of tough-exterior biker Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), however while the relationship allows Colin to discover more of himself a lack of communication and expression from his partnerContinue reading “LFF 2025: Pillion – Review”
Christmas Karma – Review
Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 54 minutes, Director – Gurinder Chadha Christmas Eve, tight-fisted and disparaging businessman Mr Sood (Kunal Nayyar) fires all his staff and is visited by three spirits (Eva Longoria, Billy Porter, Boy George) to confront his past and grow forgiveness. Perhaps the one thing worse than a preachy musicalContinue reading “Christmas Karma – Review”
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Ruben Fleischer After a decade apart, the Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson) are brought back together alongside a new generation of magicians (Justice Smith, Ariana Greenblatt, Dominic Sessa) to take on a diamond company owner (Rosamund Pike) involved in moneyContinue reading “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – Review”
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