Category Archives: Film Reviews

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 3 minutes, Director – Kei Ishikawa When her journalist daughter (Camilla Aiko) asks about her life in Nagasaki, Etsuko (Yoh Yoshida) revisits the tragedies of her past (Suzu Hirose) and the life she tried to leave behind. There’s not so much two different films playing out in thisContinue reading “A Pale View Of Hills – Review”

Cert – Recommended age 14+, Run-time – 1 hour 34 minutes, Director – Andrew Stanton Separated by thousands of years, the lives of a Neanderthal family, modern-day couple and future astronaut face love, struggle and interconnected events. Andrew Stanton’s past sci-fi efforts, WALL-E for animation home Pixar and live-action debut John Carter, have been madeContinue reading “In The Blink Of An Eye – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Adrian Choa Louis Theroux meets and follows controversial online influencers behind the rise of toxic masculinity. Louis Theroux wastes no time in jumping into the world of ‘the Manosphere’ – the labelled home for controversial ultra-masculine influencers, often pointed to as part of theContinue reading “Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere – Review”

Release Date – 20th March 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Jeff Tseng After losing himself in personal and financial struggles Mark Sowerby takes on the Oceans Seven challenge, swimming across seven open water channels, to find himself again. Film can show off the scale of a mountain’s heightContinue reading “Don’t Be Prey – Review”

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Brendan Muldowney Football agent Jimmy Banks (Danny Dyer) is finalising a deal for if his one client (Elliott Rogers) is found not guilty in a rape trial, whilst trying to secure another star client (Chip). However, a blackmail plot could stop his return toContinue reading “One Last Deal – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 33 minutes, Director – Nick Moorcroft A distant family (Martin Clunes, James Buckley, Jonno Davies) try to heal their divide and save their empty village pub by entering a national bear award. “There’s nothing robust about that” says Miles Jupp’s pub critic, grimly regretting his sip of beerContinue reading “Mother’s Pride – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 7 minutes, Director – Maggie Gyllenhaal Brought back to life, and possessed by the ghost of Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley), The Bride (Buckley) goes on the run with Frankenstein’s Monster (Christian Bale) after a series of murders attract the attention of police and gang leaders. The best sceneContinue reading “The Bride! – Review”

Cert – 18, Run-time – 2 hours 35 minutes, Director – Mascha Schilinski Four generations of women are haunted by isolation and secrets in the walls of the same farmhouse. Separated by 110 years the four women, each at different stages of their lives, at the centre of Sound Of Falling constantly appear to beContinue reading “Sound Of Falling – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 43 minutes, Director – Frank E Flowers Ercell’s (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) pirating past is long behind her, however when bloodthirsty Captain Connor (Karl Urban) kidnaps her husband (Ismael Cruz Córdova) and goes in search of her, she must protect her family from attack. The pirate movie is somethingContinue reading “The Bluff – Review”

Release Date – 13th March 2026, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – John Patton Ford Becket (Glen Powell) has never seen his family after his mother (Nell Williams) was disowned before he was born, deciding he’s had enough he tries to ensure a $10 billion inheritance by pruning the familyContinue reading “How To Make A Killing – Review”