Author Archives: Jamie Skinner

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours – Director – Darius Marder A heavy metal drummer (Riz Ahmed) finds his life and career shattered as he enters a centre to help deal with his sudden deafness. Back in October Riz Ahmed gave a career-best performance as a rapper dealing with a deteriorating body in MogulContinue reading “Sound Of Metal – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Emerald Fennell After years of being struck by grief, Cassie (Carey Mulligan) goes out to get revenge on the people who she believes led to her best friend’s suicide. There’s something unexpectedly tense about a high-pitched string version of Britney Spears’ Toxic, it actsContinue reading “Promising Young Woman – Review”

Release Date – 11th June 2021, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 36 minutes, Director – Florian Zeller A woman (Olivia Colman) sees her deteriorating father (Anthony Hopkins) through life in his flat, interviewing various potential carers. With such a reputation as the one he has it’s weird to think that Anthony Hopkins hasContinue reading “The Father – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 56 minutes, Director – Lee Isaac Chung A family move from a California city to a caravan in Arkansas, with father Jacob (Steven Yeun) leading work on a farm for Korean vegetables. Earlier this year, as with most years, the Golden Globes came under fire when it cameContinue reading “Minari – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Adam Wingard While trying to get King Kong to Hollow Earth a group of scientists and researchers encounter Godzilla, reawakening an ancient rivalry between the two titans. If there’s one place you perhaps wouldn’t expect a battle of the titans to begin it’s possiblyContinue reading “Godzilla Vs. Kong – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Bryan Fogel Documentary looking into the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018. If you think that Tom Cruise’s increasingly deadly stunts in the Mission: Impossible franchise are tense, or the risk of making a noiseContinue reading “The Dissident – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Kitao Sakurai Best friends Chris (Eric Andre) and Bud (Lil Rel Howery) travel from Florida To New York so Chris can meet-up with his high school crush (Michaela Conlin). Hidden camera prank films often rely on the reactions of unsuspecting participants for humour. TheContinue reading “Bad Trip – Review”

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 12 minutes, Director – Elizabeth Lo Looking at the world from a dog’s-eye-view as Zeytin roams the streets of Istanbul, where stray dogs are allowed to live freely. There’s an innocent, joyous grin that spreads widely across the face as dogs pounce, play, sniff and go freely aboutContinue reading “Stray – Review”