Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 46 minutes, Director – Eli Roth A year after a Black Friday tragedy at a supermarket, a masked killer preys upon members of a town they deem responsible for the deaths caused. There’s a self-awareness to Eli Roth’s feature length version of his trailer for Quentin Tarantino andContinue reading “Thanksgiving – Review”
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 37 minutes, Director – Francis Lawrence In a bid to get more people to watch the annual Hunger Games a group of students are made mentors of the tributes to bring more spectacle, Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) views this as a chance to get closer to his futureContinue reading “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – Review”
LFF 2023: All Of Us Strangers – Review
Release Date – 26th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Andrew Haigh Struggling to write a script and potentially entering into a relationship with a neighbour (Paul Mescal), Adam (Andrew Scott) finds himself exploring what life would be like if his parents (Claire Foy, Jamie Bell) hadn’t passedContinue reading “LFF 2023: All Of Us Strangers – Review”
LFF 2023: The Holdovers – Review
Release Date – 19th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 13 minutes, Director – Alexander Payne Forced to stay at the boarding school he teaches at to look after kids with nowhere to go at Christmas, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) finds himself forming an understanding with a particularly troublesome student (Dominic Sessa).Continue reading “LFF 2023: The Holdovers – Review”
LFF 2023: The Kitchen – Review
Release Date – 12th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Directors – Kibwe Tavaras, Daniel Kaluuya Whilst planning to move to a better apartment, Izi (Kane Robinson) takes in a bereaved child (Jedaiah Bannerman) to his home in The Kitchen, a block of flats regularly attacked by police trying toContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Kitchen – Review”
LFF 2023: Maestro – Review
Release Date – 24th November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 9 minutes, Director – Bradley Cooper Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) looks back on his life, particularly his changing relationship with Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). Perhaps one of the best sequences in Maestro is a sequence solely focusing on an orchestra being conductedContinue reading “LFF 2023: Maestro – Review”
Anatomy Of A Fall – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 32 minutes, Director – Justine Triet After her husband (Samuel Theis) falls to his death novelist Sandra (Sandra Hüller) finds herself put on trial for his murder with the evidence gradually stacking against her. A dummy human crashes onto the shed roof, tied to a rope, pushed from theContinue reading “Anatomy Of A Fall – Review”
Dream Scenario – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Kristoffer Borgli Unremarkable college professor Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) starts appearing in everyone’s dreams, however these soon become nightmares and in real life he becomes a much-feared figure. There’s a strong potential for a dark bite from Dream Scenario. It’s hinted at in theContinue reading “Dream Scenario – Review”
The Marvels – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Nia DaCosta An uncovered ancient artefact may be the thing that links the power stealing key elements from multiple planets across the universe and the tangled powers of Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Out of allContinue reading “The Marvels – Review”
LFF 2023: Poor Things – Review
Release Date – 12th January 2024, Cert – 18, Run-time – 2 hours 21 minutes, Director – Yorgos Lanthimos Since being brought to life Bella (Emma Stone) has been confined to the home and lab of her creator, Dr Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), until she escapes with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo), learning about theContinue reading “LFF 2023: Poor Things – Review”
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