Jamie Skinner

LFF 2020: Wildfire – Review

Release Date – 3rd September 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Cathy Brady When her sister, Kelly (Nika McGuigan), returns after being missing for several years, Lauren (Nora-Jane Noone) must put up with circulating rumours and their pasts coming back to haunt them in their small Northern Irish borderContinue reading “LFF 2020: Wildfire – Review”

LFF 2020: Sound For The Future – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Matt Hulse Director Matt Hulse recreates his siblings’ punk band, The Hippies, from when he was eleven. Documentarian and short-maker Matt Hulse’s Sound For The Future could easily come across as some sort of breakdown or vanity project, as heContinue reading “LFF 2020: Sound For The Future – Review”

LFF 2020: The Reason I Jump – Review

Release Date – 18th June 2021, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 22 minutes, Director – Jerry Rothwell Documentary, using the memoir of the same name, looking at the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world. It would be very easy for me to simply quote masses of Jerry Rothwell’s The Reason IContinue reading “LFF 2020: The Reason I Jump – Review”

I Care A Lot – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 58 minutes, Director – J Blakeson A woman (Rosamund Pike) who gains the trust and confidence of the wealthy elderly by becoming their guardian steals from the wrong person (Dianne Wiest) when her gangster son (Peter Dinklage) gets involved. “Playing fair is a joke invented by rich peopleContinue reading “I Care A Lot – Review”

Spontaneous – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Brian Duffield When her classmates begin to randomly explode Mara (Katherine Langford) sparks a relationship with fellow student Dylan (Charlie Plummer) when everyone who remains are put through quarantined trials. Perhaps one of the best ways to describe writer-director Brian Duffield’s directorial debut hasContinue reading “Spontaneous – Review”

To Olivia – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – John Hay When their daughter passes away Roald Dahl (Hugh Boneville) and Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes) begin to experience rifts in their marriage and family relationships. “You, Mr Dahl, are one big kid, and the day you stop is the day I file forContinue reading “To Olivia – Review”

Willy’s Wonderland – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Kevin Lewis After his car breaks down, a stranger (Nicolas Cage) is tasked with cleaning a soon-to-reopening kids party space overnight, however the animatronic characters are coming alive to attack. One of the maddest scenes in 2018’s chaotically enjoyable Mom And Dad involves NicolasContinue reading “Willy’s Wonderland – Review”

Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Josh Greenbaum Two lifelong 40-something friends (Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo) venture out from their small-town lives for a sunny holiday of adventure and romance in Florida. Barb and Star (Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig) are two stereotypical midwestern American 40-something’s. Life-long friends the twoContinue reading “Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar – Review”

Music – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Sia Recovering alcoholic Zu (Kate Hudson) finds herself looking after her autistic sister Music (Maddie Ziegler) after their grandmother (Mary Kay Place) There’s been much discussion, and undeniable controversy, around the representation of autism in Australian singer-songwriter Sia’s feature directorial debut, and much discussionContinue reading “Music – Review”

Helen O’Hara ‘Women Vs Hollywood’ Interview

Film journalist, and Empire Magazine writer, Helen O’Hara joins me to discuss the upcoming release of her book Women Vs Hollywood – which will be released 18th February. Helen can be found through her Twitter account. Her book can be bought in a number of places; including Waterstones, Amazon and “all good and evil bookContinue reading “Helen O’Hara ‘Women Vs Hollywood’ Interview”