Release Date – N/A, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Talya Lavie A young couple’s (Avigail Harari, Ran Danker) wedding night quickly turns into a chaotic traipse through the streets of Jerusalem One of the last thing’s Eleanor (Avigail Harari) and Noam (Ran Danker), or any newlywed couple for thatContinue reading “LFF 2020: Honeymood – Review”
Author Archives: Jamie Skinner
LFF 2020: Kajillionaire – Review
Release Date – Friday 9th October 2020, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Miranda July A family of desperate small-time crooks/ cons need to raise $1,500 in a matter of days in order to pay their rent, bringing in a new, opinion-splitting, member (Gina Rodriguez) to the group Often whenContinue reading “LFF 2020: Kajillionaire – Review”
LFF 2020: The Painter And The Thief – Review
Release Date – 30th October 2020, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Benjamin Ree A painter forms a friendship with one of the thieves who stole one of her best paintings from an art exhibition Can you truly pinpoint the moment when a friendship begins? A genuine closely-bonded friendship. ItContinue reading “LFF 2020: The Painter And The Thief – Review”
LFF 2020: Mogul Mowgli – Review
Release Date – 30th October 2020, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Bassam Tariq On returning home to see his family for the first time in two years a rapper (Riz Ahmed) finds himself hospitalised with an autoimmune disease, just before he’s apart to embark on a potentially career-changing tourContinue reading “LFF 2020: Mogul Mowgli – Review”
Bill And Ted Face The Music – Review
Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Dean Parisot Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are tasked with creating a song to unite the universe in 78 minutes, otherwise all of space and time will be destroyed. There’s a point as the familiar faces of William S. Preston (Alex Winter)Continue reading “Bill And Ted Face The Music – Review”
The Broken Hearts Gallery – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 48 minutes, Director – Natalie Krinsky A young woman (Geraldine Viswanathan) starts up a gallery for people to dispose of items leftover from previous relationships During the opening credits of Natalie Krinsky’s directorial feature debut the streets of New York are filled with the towering figures of aContinue reading “The Broken Hearts Gallery – Review”
The Roads Not Taken – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Sally Potter The day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem), experiencing growing dementia, as his daughter (Elle Fanning) takes him to various appointments in New York while his mind drifts back to memories of his past. “What kind of endings do you like?”Continue reading “The Roads Not Taken – Review”
Les Misérables – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Ladj Ly New to Montfermeil, Paris and the anti-crime brigade a police officer (Damien Bonnard) soon discovers an angered world of gang rivalries, tough cops and racial tensions on the French streets. The 2018 World Cup. There’s joy in the air of the streetsContinue reading “Les Misérables – Review”
Mulan – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Niki Caro As the war against the increasing threat of Northern invaders demands more troops a young woman (Liu Yifei) disguises herself as a man, running away to join China’s Imperial Army in place of her elderly father (Tzi Ma) Like many films ofContinue reading “Mulan – Review”
I’m Thinking Of Ending Things – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 14 minutes, Director – Charlie Kaufman When travelling through a blizzard to meet her boyfriend’s (Jesse Plemons) parents (David Thewlis, Toni Collette) a young woman (Jessie Buckley) begins to experience warped events that make her certain that she should end her relationship One of the key lines ofContinue reading “I’m Thinking Of Ending Things – Review”
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