Jamie Skinner

Minari – 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”

Godzilla Vs. Kong – 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”

The Dissident – 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”

Bad Trip – 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”

Adam Leader ‘Hosts’ Interview

Writer-director Adam Leader joins me to discuss his feature debut horror, Hosts – available to watch online now on various platforms. Adam can be found through his Twitter account. If you want to watch the film you can see the places it’s available by following this link. If anyone’s interested in hearing Adam’s song requestContinue reading “Adam Leader ‘Hosts’ Interview”

Stray – 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”

Tom And Jerry: The Movie

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 41 minutes, Director – Tim Story After lying her way into a job at a high-end New York hotel, Kayla (Chloë Grace Moretz) finds herself employing cat Tom to deal with mouse Jerry, who has made a home in the hotel walls, while trying not to disturb anContinue reading “Tom And Jerry: The Movie”

LFF 2020: Ammonite – Review

Release Date – 26th March 2020, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Francis Lee A struggling palaeontologist (Kate Winslet) forms a relationship with a city wife (Saoirse Ronan) who she finds herself looking after on the Lyme Regis coast after tragedy strikes her. Despite the sound of the crashing tide,Continue reading “LFF 2020: Ammonite – Review”

‘The Man At The Bottom Of The Garden’ Interview

Writer-director Paul Blinkhorn, producer Karen Newman and casting director Ben Cogan all join me to discuss their lockdown comedy short film The Man At The Bottom Of The Garden – available to watch online now. The full short is available to watch now on YouTube. Links to the Twitter account of each guest, and theContinue reading “‘The Man At The Bottom Of The Garden’ Interview”

Zack Snyder’s Justice League – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 4 hours 1 minute, Director – Zack Snyder Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) assembles a team of heroes to stop alien Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) from combining three motherboxes hidden across Earth that will cause humanity to be put into dark enslavement. It’s been a long road to Zack Snyder’s Justice League.Continue reading “Zack Snyder’s Justice League – Review”