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”
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LFF 2023: The Boy And The Heron – 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”
LFF 2023: Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget – 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”
LFF 2023: May December – 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”
LFF 2023: Saltburn – 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”
LFF 2023: Fingernails – 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”
Bottoms – Review
Release Date – 3rd November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Emma Seligman High school students PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) start up a fight club at their school in the hope of getting closer to their respective crushes (Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber). High-schooler PJ (RachelContinue reading “Bottoms – Review”
LFF 2023: How To Have Sex – 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”
Five Nights At Freddy’s – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Emma Tammi Plagued by past traumas, Mike (Josh Hutcherson) takes a night security job at a run-down family entertainment restaurant where there seems to be something sinister about the animatronics. If there’s one thing that Five Nights At Freddy’s effectively demonstrates it’s how thinContinue reading “Five Nights At Freddy’s – Review”
Trolls Band Together – Review
Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Directors – Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz When a member of his estranged boyband family is kidnapped Branch (Justin Timberlake) must reunite with his brothers to perform the perfect family harmony and save him. It’s hard to be annoyed or frustrated by something that feels as ifContinue reading “Trolls Band Together – Review”
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