LFF 2024: Anora – Review

Release Date – 1st November 2024, Cert – 18, Run-time – 2 hours 19 minutes, Director – Sean Baker Sex worker Ani (Mikey Madison) marries Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch, his family are soon racing to New York to get the marriage annulled. Anora (Mikey Madison) is a force to be reckonedContinue reading “LFF 2024: Anora – Review”

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Review

Release Date – 1st November 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Directors – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui Documentary looking at Superman actor Christopher Reeve and his life of activism for disabled people, and search for a cure for those, like him, paralysed by spinal cord injuries. Of course, a documentary aboutContinue reading “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Review”

LFF 2024: Piece By Piece – Review

Release Date – 8th November 2024, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 34 minutes, Director – Morgan Neville Biographical documentary charting the life of Pharrell Williams, and his rise in the music industry, told through Lego animation. Colour pours of the speakers as a smile spreads across the face of a young Lego PharrellContinue reading “LFF 2024: Piece By Piece – Review”

LFF 2024: Emilia Pérez – Review

Release Date – 25th October 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Jacques Audiard Lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) is recruited by a feared cartel boss to help her transition, subsequently working together in very different lives to help those with missing family, whilst keeping secrets from Emilia’s (Karla Sofía Gascón)Continue reading “LFF 2024: Emilia Pérez – Review”

LFF 2024: The Room Next Door – Review

Release Date – 25th October 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Pedro Almodóvar Old friends Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) reunite after years apart to spend time in a quiet, rented home, at the end of which cancer-patient Martha intends to commit suicide through the use ofContinue reading “LFF 2024: The Room Next Door – Review”

Venom: The Last Dance – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Kelly Marcel Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) is on the run from the police, the US army and now aliens tracking down his symbiotic partner Venom (Hardy) in order to release his world-ending creator from imprisonment. Venom is perhaps one of the most consistent trilogiesContinue reading “Venom: The Last Dance – Review”

Terrfier 3 – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 2 hours 5 minutes, Director – Damien Leone It’s Christmas and Art The Clown (David Howard Thornton) has been revived, seeking revenge on Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) and her family. Terrifier 3 confirms more than anything else that this franchise simply isn’t for me. While my dislike for it mayContinue reading “Terrfier 3 – Review”

LFF 2024: The Apprentice – Review

Release Date – 18th October 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 2 minutes, Director – Ali Abbasi The 80s approach, real estate businessman Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) sees his chance to bring life back into New York City, taken under the wing of Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong). The success of the specifically-timed The ApprenticeContinue reading “LFF 2024: The Apprentice – Review”