Jamie Skinner

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”

Old – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 48 minutes, Director – M. Night Shyamalan A group of holidaymakers find themselves trapped on a beach which causes them to age rapidly. The trailers for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest gave the impression that it could be very hit or miss. Something highly creepy and unsettling, or whereContinue reading “Old – Review”

Summer Of Soul – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The nearly forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival is brought back to life through restored footage, relived through interviews with attendees, performers and organisers. Still grieving the death of Martin Luther King, a year on, being undisturbed by America’s fascination with pouring moneyContinue reading “Summer Of Soul – Review”

Fear Street Part 3: 1666 – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Leigh Janiak Deena (Kiana Madeira) finds herself transported back to 1666, witnessing the birth of the witch’s curse that haunts her town, in order to bring it to an end in 1994. The finale to Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy ticks many of the boxesContinue reading “Fear Street Part 3: 1666 – Review”

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 28 minutes, Director – Adam Robitel After venturing into New York to gather evidence on the Minos corporation, Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) find themselves trapped in another series of deadly escape rooms with other past survivors. As you think early on in Escape Room: TournamentContinue reading “Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions – Review”

The Forever Purge – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 43 minutes, Director – Everardo Gout Racial tensions rise in America as the relaunched annual purge goes beyond its 12 hour limit. Leaving many people to flee to the Mexican border before it closes in just a matter of hours. Since first appearing in 2013 the government warningContinue reading “The Forever Purge – Review”