Author Archives: Jamie Skinner

Zola – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 26 minutes, Director – Janicza Bravo Pole dancer Zola (Taylour Paige) finds herself trapped in an increasingly dark and exploitative road trip, after being invited by a relative stranger (Riley Keough). There’s an air of mistrust around almost everything in Zola. While the Twitter thread based story acknowledgesContinue reading “Zola – Review”

Stillwater – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 19 minutes, Director – Tom McCarthy An American father (Matt Damon) searches France for the man his daughter (Abigail Breslin) claims committed the murder that she has been falsely imprisoned for. Much like Matt Damon’s central character, Tom McCarthy’s latest, Stillwater, wastes no time in rushing straight intoContinue reading “Stillwater – Review”

The Last Letter From Your Lover – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Augustine Frizzell While researching for an obituary, journalist Ellie (Felicity Jones) unveils a series of unrelated letters telling the story of a lost love affair. There’s an almost dreamy nature to the idealistic portrait of a picturesque 60s love affair in this adaptation ofContinue reading “The Last Letter From Your Lover – Review”

The Suicide Squad – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – James Gunn A team of killers and villains is put together to destroy a sinister lab on a small South American island As Michael Rooker’s Savant wipes a crushed bird’s blood from a ball he’s been throwing around his prison cell onto his trouserContinue reading “The Suicide Squad – Review”

Jungle Cruise – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 7 minutes, Director – Jaume Collet-Serra Avid explorer Lily (Emily Blunt), alongside brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall), enlists the help of boat skipper Frank (Dwayne Johnson) to take them down the Amazon, in the hope of finding a tree with petals with advanced healing powers. As explorer Lily (EmilyContinue reading “Jungle Cruise – Review”

The Sparks Brothers – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 21 minutes, Director – Edgar Wright Documentary looking at the career of Ron and Russell Mael, the minds behind the songs of Sparks. In many interviews for the documentary of their careers Ron and Russell Mael, the titular Sparks Brothers, have claimed that the only person who couldContinue reading “The Sparks Brothers – Review”

‘Love Without Walls’ Crowdfunding Interview

Writer-director Jane Gull and producer Karen Newman join me to discuss their upcoming feature film Love Without Walls, and the crowdfunding campaign currently behind it. If you want to support Love Without Walls, or find out more about it, you can find the campaign here. Links to Karen and Jane’s Twitter accounts can be foundContinue reading “‘Love Without Walls’ Crowdfunding Interview”

Keeping The Projectors Rolling: The Future Of Cinemas Post-Pandemic

“The movies” While it became something of a meme across Twitter in the build-up to Fast And Furious 9 the sentiment within Vin Diesel’s simple, two word expression is hard to argue with. There’s truly nothing like the cinematic experience. The large-scale visuals; explosions and sweeping landscapes, the roar (or perhaps silence) of the speakers,Continue reading “Keeping The Projectors Rolling: The Future Of Cinemas Post-Pandemic”