A Real Pain – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Jesse Eisenberg Cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) embark on a week-long tour of Poland to learn about the country’s, and their Jewish family’s, history in the wake of their Holocaust survivor grandmother’s death. There’s been praise directed towards A Real PainContinue reading “A Real Pain – Review”

Just A Little Bit Random Audience Top Ten Films Of 2024

Over the past few weeks I’ve noted a number of times how 2024 was a great year for genre films. A variety of films have been praised and award season hits really seemed to find their way into the mainstream more than perhaps usual, something of a recurring trend over the past couple of years.Continue reading “Just A Little Bit Random Audience Top Ten Films Of 2024”

Just A Little Bit Random Review Of The Year 2024

Film journalist Tom Beasley once again joins me to count down our respective top ten films of the year lists. Throughout our hour long conversation we cover a year which provided plenty of excellent genre films, our differing views on the year’s action films and the growing demand for something different from music biopics. AllContinue reading “Just A Little Bit Random Review Of The Year 2024”

Babygirl – Review

Release Date – 10th January 2025, Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Helina Reijn Tech CEO Romy (Nicole Kidman) finds herself entering into an affair when a new intern (Harris Dickinson) fulfils her submissive sexual desires. The sex scenes and montages highlighting the sub-dom relationship and desires of tech CEOContinue reading “Babygirl – Review”

Nosferatu – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Robert Eggers Transylvanian vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) spreads a plague throughout the German city of Wisborg in pursuit of a young, recently-married, woman (Lily-Rose Depp). Over the last few years I’ve praised Robert Eggers for being a master of atmosphere. Whether isolating usContinue reading “Nosferatu – Review”

Top Ten Films Of 2024

2023 was a year full of big hitters. It was a year packed with big-name directors helming the charge of films which showed a shift of audience demand away from the superhero genre and other more familiar commercial successes of recent years. 2024 has continued this trend (although its two billion-dollar grossers – at timeContinue reading “Top Ten Films Of 2024”

Better Man – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 15 minutes, Director – Michael Gracey Accepted into Britain’s next big boyband Take That at 15, Robbie Williams (Jonno Davies) finds himself launched into stardom and a spiral of addictions, as his bad-boy solo career takes off he can’t help but still feel like a performing monkey. TheContinue reading “Better Man – Review”

Just A Little Bit Random Audience Best Films Of 2024 Vote

With 2024 coming to a close it’s time once again for you to have your say as to what you thought the best film of the year was! To vote simply go to this poll and select the 2024 release (by UK release date) from the dropdown list which stood out the most for youContinue reading “Just A Little Bit Random Audience Best Films Of 2024 Vote”

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Review

Cert – U, Run-time -1 hour 19 minutes, Directors – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham Gromit is growing increasingly concerned about Wallace’s (Ben Whitehead) reliance on inventions, especially when he creates ‘Smart-gnome’ Norbot (Reece Shearsmith) who begins to cause havoc in the area, however someone else may be in control. Since his first appearance in TheContinue reading “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Review”

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Dear Santa (2020)

When it comes to Christmas films many are packed with elements of fantasy. Reasonings for how Santa achieves his annual worldwide delivery, and keeps the North Pole hidden, introduce sci-fi leanings with increasingly futuristic ideas. Delving into imagination has long been a big part of many fictional festive films, no matter what genre. However, thisContinue reading “Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Dear Santa (2020)”