Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 10 minutes, Director – Peter Murimi A gay Kenyan man worries about opening up about his relationship to his parents for fear of their response and the reaction of the rest of society. You have to admire the bravery to make a film likeContinue reading “LFF 2020: I Am Samuel – Review”
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The Craft: Legacy – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 34 minutes, Director – Zoe Lister-Jones Four aspiring witches (Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone) discover the consequences of their newly increased powers after manipulating someone in their school. You’d be forgiven, from the posters and trailers, for thinking that The Craft: Legacy – the sortContinue reading “The Craft: Legacy – Review”
A Christmas Gift From Bob – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 32 minutes, Director – Charles Martin Smith Street busker James (Luke Treadaway) finds himself at risk of having his beloved cat, Bob, taken from him as his financial situation worsens around Christmas. The true story of A Street Cat Named Bob was a bestselling hit, and when itContinue reading “A Christmas Gift From Bob – Review”
LFF 2020: Lovers Rock – Review
Release Date – 22nd November 2020, Run-time – 1 hour 8 minutes, Director – Steve McQueen At a house party in 1980’s London relationships are formed, developed and tested as the music plays and people take to the floor to dance together over the course of one night. There’s a point in Steve McQueen’s LoversContinue reading “LFF 2020: Lovers Rock – Review”
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run – Review
Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Tim Hill Spongebob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) venture to Atlantic City to retrieve pet snail Gary (Kenny) from King Poseidon (Matt Berry) 2004’s The Spongebob Squarepants Movie has perhaps become something of a slight cult classic over the years since its release.Continue reading “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run – Review”
LFF 2020: Mangrove – Review
Release Date – 15 November 2020, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Steve McQueen After multiple racist police attacks around the Mangrove restaurant a group of local figures and regulars get together to stage a protest, after ending violently they find themselves on trial, fighting for their futures and equality. Much like theContinue reading “LFF 2020: Mangrove – Review”
Friday The 13th Marathon Watch Party
2020 may have seemed horrifying enough, and for the some who believe the superstition a Friday the 13th is the last thing we need. However, this November sees exactly that date land of a Friday, and that may prompt some to take part in their own watch of classic 1980 slasher Friday The 13th, orContinue reading “Friday The 13th Marathon Watch Party”
LFF 2020: Farewell Amor – Review
Release Date – N/A, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 41 minutes, Director – Ekwa Msangi After seventeen years apart an Angolan immigrant (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) is reunited in New York with his wife (Zainab Jah) and daughter (Jayme Lawson) having to not just rebuild relationships but build them from the start WhenContinue reading “LFF 2020: Farewell Amor – Review”
The Witches – Review
Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Robert Zemeckis A young boy (Jahzir Bruno) and his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) escape to a hotel after finding out there are witches who turn children into mice in the area, only to discover that a gathering of witches is taking place there, with theContinue reading “The Witches – Review”
Rebecca – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 1 minute, Director – Ben Wheatley After meeting on the French Riviera a young woman (Lily James) falls in love with a wealthy man (Armie Hammer) who is still plagued by the memory of his late first wife Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca is regarded as a trueContinue reading “Rebecca – Review”
Just A Little Bit Random 