Jamie Skinner

LFF 2021: The Phantom Of The Open – Review

Release Date – 18th March 2022, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Craig Roberts Humble working class family man and shipyard worker Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) finds himself playing ‘professionally’ in the 1976 British Open, having never played a round of golf in his life. Maurice Flitcroft has been labelledContinue reading “LFF 2021: The Phantom Of The Open – Review”

Helen O’Hara ‘Women Vs. Hollywood’ Paperback Interview

Film journalist, and Empire Magazine and Podcast contributor, Helen O’Hara joins me once again to discuss the upcoming paperback release of her book Women Vs. Hollywood – available from 3rd February, while the hardback and audiobook are already available. Helen can be found through her Twitter account. Women Vs. Hollywood can be bought in aContinue reading “Helen O’Hara ‘Women Vs. Hollywood’ Paperback Interview”

LFF 2021: Money Has Four Legs – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 38 minutes, Director – Maung Sun While trying to make his debut feature, hopeful director Wai Bhone (Okkar Dat-Khe) runs into financial troubles in both his personal and moviemaking lives. Opening his feature debut, co-writer (alongside Ma Aeint) and director Maung Sun takes aContinue reading “LFF 2021: Money Has Four Legs – Review”

Sing 2 – Review

Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Garth Jennings Musical theatre producer Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) convinces wealthy businessman Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale) to put on a show, in three weeks, featuring his hopeful cast, and reclusive former rock star Clay Calloway (Bono). In my opinion the best joke in 2016’sContinue reading “Sing 2 – Review”

LFF 2021: Nascondino – Review

Release Date – 20th January 2023, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Victoria Fiore Following four years in the life of Entoni, grandson of worried grandmother Dora, who fears that he is heading towards a dangerous life of crime. There’s a compelling draw within the conflicting familial nature of VictoriaContinue reading “LFF 2021: Nascondino – Review”

LFF 2021: A Banquet – Review

Release Date – 11th March 2022, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Ruth Paxton Widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) begins to fear for her teenage daughter, Betsey (Jessica Alexander), when she begins to refuse to eat, and yet loses no weight. While it may initially seem as a response toContinue reading “LFF 2021: A Banquet – Review”

LFF 2021: The Neutral Ground – Review

Release Date – 21st January 2022, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 22 minutes, Director – CJ Hunt Documentary looking into the feuding reactions and campaigns in response to the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate statues in the city, with similar events happening around the world. When it comes toContinue reading “LFF 2021: The Neutral Ground – Review”

LFF 2021: Flee – Review

Release Date – 11th February 2022, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Jonas Poher Rasmussen Animated documentary following Amin Nawabi as he recounts his childhood in 80s and 90s Afghanistan before finding refuge in Denmark many years later. “Most people can’t begin to understand how fleeing like that effects you”Continue reading “LFF 2021: Flee – Review”

Mass – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 51 minutes, Director – Fran Kranz Six years after a school shooting the parents of one of the victims (Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton) meet with those of the shooter (Ann Dowd, Reed Birney) to discuss the tragedy, its effects and what built up to it. “The world mournedContinue reading “Mass – Review”

LFF 2021: A Hero – Review

Release Date – 21st January 2022, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 8 minutes, Director – Asghar Farhadi When given two days of parole from his prison sentence Rahim (Amir Jadidi) attempts to paint an image of himself as an honest, almost saintly, man in the hope of never going back, despite cynicism fromContinue reading “LFF 2021: A Hero – Review”