Category Archives: Festival Reviews

Release Date – 1st January 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – James Hawes Looking back on his life, Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins) tries to find a home for his personal documents recounting his efforts in World War II to save child refugees in Prague. The clip of Nicholas Winton’sContinue reading “LFF 2023: One Life – Review”

Release Date – 26th December 2023, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Hayao Miyazaki After the passing of his mother, 12-year-old Mahito (Soma Santoki) is whisked to an unfamiliar new home, where a heron (Masaki Suda) takes him to a fantastical other world claiming that his mother is still alive.Continue reading “LFF 2023: The Boy And The Heron – Review”

Release Date – 8th December 2023, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 38 minutes, Director – Sam Fell When their daughter (Bella Ramsey) runs away to a haven for chickens Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) band together with other escapees from Tweedy’s Farm to break in before something more sinister is revealed.Continue reading “LFF 2023: Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget – Review”

Release Date – 17th November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Todd Haynes Actress Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) enters the life of out-of-the-limelight Gracie (Julianne Moore) and her younger husband Joe (Charles Melton) in order to research for a film about the controversy around their relationship 20 years before. ElizabethContinue reading “LFF 2023: May December – Review”

Release Date – 17th November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 7 minutes, Director – Emerald Fennell Reluctant to return home, Oxford student Oliver (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into fellow student Felix’s (Jacob Elordi) wealthy family and estate, potentially staying beyond the summer. Oliver stands out from the other students at Oxford.Continue reading “LFF 2023: Saltburn – Review”

Release Date – 3rd November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Christos Nikou Anna (Jessie Buckley) gets a job at an institute which can test the love between a couple, however despite a 100% result with her partner (Jeremy Allen White) the more time she spends at the centreContinue reading “LFF 2023: Fingernails – Review”

Release Date – 3rd November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Molly Manning Walker Sex, drink and partying are on the menu for three best friends (Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis) celebrating the end of school with a foreign holiday, however the shine is very quickly worn offContinue reading “LFF 2023: How To Have Sex – Review”

Release Date – 27th October 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 58 minutes, Director – David Fincher In the wake of a job going wrong an assassin (Michael Fassbender) takes it upon himself to track down his employers and contacts linked to the job. We’re not meant to connect with Michael Fassbender’s stoney-facedContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Killer – Review”

Release Date – 20th October 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Garth Davis A young couple (Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal) find their secluded lives disrupted when one is forced into taking part in a space mission for the next home for humanity. “I need this stuff” Paul Mescal desperatelyContinue reading “LFF 2023: Foe – Review”

Release Date – 20th October 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 3 hours 26 minutes, Director – Martin Scorsese When deaths of Osage tribe members begin to rise after the discovery of oil the FBI launches a murder investigation, with the trail potentially leading to a conspiracy amongst the white parties in the area OnContinue reading “LFF 2023: Killers Of The Flower Moon – Review”