Release Date – 13th February 2026, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 18 minutes, Directors – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han In the first years of her life in 1960s Japan, Belgian Amélie (Loïse Charpentier/ Emmylou Homs) explores the world through her young interpretation and imagination, growing to understand it through the help of nannyContinue reading “Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain – Review”
Author Archives: Jamie Skinner
The Strangers: Chapter 3 – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Renny Harlin With the masked group of strangers hunting her down with more personal anger, Maya (Madelaine Petsch) finds herself caught between escaping and taking them down from within. It’s been suggested by producer Courtney Solomon that this trilogy of Strangers films was intendedContinue reading “The Strangers: Chapter 3 – Review”
Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up – Review
Release Date – 13th February 2026, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Pete Browngardt In order to fix their roof Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both Eric Bauza) get a job at a bubble gum factory, which uncovers an alien invasion plot that soon only they can stop. The firstContinue reading “Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up – Review”
Send Help – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Sam Raimi After a plane crash a hardworking but overlooked employee (Rachel McAdams) leads the survival of her and her domineering new boss (Dylan O’Brien) on a small island until help arrives, if it ever does. Just as you may be wondering whether SendContinue reading “Send Help – Review”
Iron Lung – Review | Movie Marker
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 5 minutes, Director – Mark Fischbach A convict (Mark Fischbach) stranded at the bottom of an ocean of blood fears for his life as unexpected noises surround his leaking submarine suggesting he’s not alone on the deserted planet. “…Moving away from simply steering to specified coordinates, Fischbach’s leadContinue reading “Iron Lung – Review | Movie Marker”
The Wizard Of Oz – Introduction
The sudden flood of colour onto the screen as we first enter Oz is just as wonderous as it ever was, however I think that what’s just as striking about The Wizard Of Oz is just how much it moves. It’s one of the points that I talk about in this introduction to the filmContinue reading “The Wizard Of Oz – Introduction”
Blue Velvet – Introduction
Back in June 2025 I introduced a screening of Blue Velvet at The Little Theatre in Bath as part of Picturehouse’s ‘Lynchspirations’ season. The film was paired with Hitchcock’s Rear Window, which is said to have inspired Blue Velvet. I look at those possible inspirations, alongside those of Lynch’s favourite Kubrick film, Lolita, and hisContinue reading “Blue Velvet – Introduction”
Rear Window – Introduction
As part of Picturehouse’s ‘Lynchspirations’ season Rear Window was paired with David Lynch’s Blue Velvet as a film that inspired it. Below is the introduction I gave for Hitchcock’s classic thriller, based on the rough one I had written before the screening at The Little Theatre in Bath in June 2025. Fuelled by the 50sContinue reading “Rear Window – Introduction”
Twinless – Review
Release Date – 6th February 2026, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – James Sweeney Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) meet at a bereavement group for those who have lost their twin, as a friendship forms helping them cope there may be more behind it than it seems. TheContinue reading “Twinless – Review”
The Wrecking Crew – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Ángel Manuel Soto Estranged half-brothers James (Dave Bautista) and Jonny (Jason Momoa) are reunited in the wake of their father’s mysterious death, leading them to investigate a series of covered up family secrets and gang ties. Get the buddy relationship of your buddy actionerContinue reading “The Wrecking Crew – Review”
Just A Little Bit Random 