Jamie Skinner

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2022 – Gente de Bien

With the likes of Rare Exports and Tokyo Godfathers becoming cult classics around this time of year, and after a handful have cropped up in the past, this year’s Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar focuses solely on foreign language/ non-English Christmas films. Some simply less heard of around the world, and in some cases theirContinue reading “Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2022 – Gente de Bien”

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2022 – Cosy Dens

LFF 2022: Empire Of Light – Review

Release Date – 9th January 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Sam Mendes In the turbulent days of the early 1980s a romance begins to form between a young Black man (Micheal Ward) and an older white woman (Olivia Colman) in the cinema that they both work at. AfterContinue reading “LFF 2022: Empire Of Light – Review”

Avatar: The Way Of Water – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 3 hours 12 minutes, Director – James Cameron When Colonel Quartich (Stephen Lang) returns to Pandora Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his family seek refuge with the sea-dwelling Metkayina tribe to avoid being hunted down. When recalling Avatar many think of the highly acclaimed visual effects which brought the worldContinue reading “Avatar: The Way Of Water – Review”

Emancipation – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Antoine Fuqua Escaped slave Peter (Will Smith) makes his way through the swamplands of Louisiana to try and make his way back to his family, while being hunted down by a murderous slaveowner (Ben Foster). “There are many ways to die in a swamp”Continue reading “Emancipation – Review”

LFF 2022: Till – Review

Release Date – 6th January 2023, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 10 minutes, Director – Chinonye Chukwu Grieving mother Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) attempts to find justice after a racist attack leads to the lynching and murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett (Jalyn Hall). Perhaps the biggest creation of emotional pain within TillContinue reading “LFF 2022: Till – Review”

Rimini – Review

Release Date – 9th December 2022, Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Ulrich Seidl With his career far from the limelight it was once in an aging singer (Michael Thomas) struggles to raise the money his daughter (Tessa Göttlicher) claims is owed from 18 years of her father not beingContinue reading “Rimini – Review”

Violent Night – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Tommy Wirkola After finding himself stranded in the house of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve Santa (David Harbour) must protect himself and them from a gang of criminals looking to steal millions of dollars. It seems that a drunk, disgruntled Santa is theContinue reading “Violent Night – Review”

LFF 2022: White Noise – Review

Release Date – 2nd December 2022, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 15 minutes, Director – Noah Baumbach After a chemical spill causes his entire town to evacuate college professor Jack (Adam Driver), alongside his family, begins to face many personal struggles revolving around his life and mortality. After the multi-Oscar nominated success ofContinue reading “LFF 2022: White Noise – Review”

Strange World – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Directors – Don Hall, Qui Nguyen While trying to find what’s attacking the roots of the plant that gives his town power, farmer Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds his long-lost explorer father (Dennis Quaid) in a world below their own. There are a number of places andContinue reading “Strange World – Review”