Jamie Skinner

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2023 – A Child’s Christmas In Wales

After last year’s Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar’s globetrotting venture this year things settle in to spend Christmas at home. There are a good deal of classic British Christmas films, and plenty of festive features which love to pitch a rom-com in London or a castle in the country, but this year the Calendar grabsContinue reading “Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2023 – A Child’s Christmas In Wales”

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2023 – Cash On Demand

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2023 – Don’t Open Till Christmas

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2023 – Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Godzilla Minus One – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Takashi Yamazaki Kamikaze pilot Koichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) finds himself re-encountering Godzilla, leading a battle against the regenerating monster alongside other survivors of World War II. With 2016’s Shin Godzilla Japan took the iconic monster back to its war-inspired roots. A modern day take ofContinue reading “Godzilla Minus One – Review”

LFF 2023: The Goldman Case – Review

Release Date – 20th September 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 56 minutes, Director – Cédric Kahn Activist Pierre Goldman (Arieh Worthalter) accepts the charges of robbery against him, however denies two accusations of murder, determined to argue his case in court. The Goldman Case is said to have been meticulously researched fromContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Goldman Case – Review”

LFF 2023: Gassed Up – Review

Release Date – 9th February 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – George Amponsah 20-year-old Ash (Stephen Odubola) is part of a street robbery gang in order to raise money to support his family, however he quickly learns that it’s a world that’s very difficult to leave. As a chaoticContinue reading “LFF 2023: Gassed Up – Review”

Wonka – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 56 minutes, Director – Paul King Dreaming of opening a chocolate shop, a cash-strapped Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) must evade the city’s chocolate cartel (Paterson Joseph, Matthew Baynton, Matt Lucas), set on controlling the market. While the trailers may have hinted the odd moment of song and danceContinue reading “Wonka – Review”

LFF 2023: On The Adamant – Review

Release Date – 3rd November 2023, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Nicolas Philibert Documentary looking into the activities taken part in by attendees and staff of a floating Parisian centre for those with mental illnesses and disabilities. The key detail about On The Adamant is given via title cardsContinue reading “LFF 2023: On The Adamant – Review”

LFF 2023: Les Indesirables – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 41 minutes, Director – Ladj Ly Activist Haby (Anta Diaw) leads a fight against a new interim mayor (Alexis Manenti) clamping down with increasing pressure on her working class Parisian suburb. Furniture tumbles from windows towards an increasing group of uncertain former-residents, each oneContinue reading “LFF 2023: Les Indesirables – Review”