Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Dean Fleischer Camp Marcel (Jenny Slate) lives in an Airbnb with his grandmother (Isabella Rossellini), when a documentarian (Dean Fleischer Camp) renting the house makes a film about him, the tiny shell begins to search for his missing family. “Guess why I smile aContinue reading “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Review”

Magic Mike’s Last Dance – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Steven Soderbergh Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) returns to the striptease game to direct and choreograph a stage show for theatre owner Max (Salma Hayek Pinault). “You’re in another one of your phases, aren’t you?” teenager Zadie (Jemelia George) asks her mother, Maxandra (Salma HayekContinue reading “Magic Mike’s Last Dance – Review”

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Directors – Joel Crawford, Juanel Mercado Down to his last life Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) retreats to a quiet life of being a regular cat, unless he can be the first to reach the mythical wishing star to wish for more. There was something ofContinue reading “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Review”

Knock At The Cabin – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – M. Night Shyamalan A family (Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui) find themselves held hostage in a holiday cabin, with four strangers (Dave Bautista, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn, Rupert Grint) telling them that they must choose one to kill to stop the apocalypse. WithContinue reading “Knock At The Cabin – Review”

LFF 2022: The Blaze – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Quentin Reynaud A father (André Dussollier) and son (Alex Lutz) try to escape a rapidly spreading wildfire. Often in disaster films it’s the grand-scale levels of – as the genre name might imply – disaster that have some form ofContinue reading “LFF 2022: The Blaze – Review”

LFF 2022: Pretty Red Dress – Review

Release Date – 16th June 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Dionne Edwards Travis (Natey Jones) begins to explore his identity after being released from prison through secretly wearing a dress he buys for his partner (Alexandra Burke) for a musical audition. As Travis (Natey Jones) looks at theContinue reading “LFF 2022: Pretty Red Dress – Review”

LFF 2022: Sick Of Myself – Review

Release Date – 17th March 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Kristoffer Borgli Competing with her boyfriend’s (Eirik Sæther) rise in fame, Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) does everything she can to regain attention through whatever medical means necessary. Sick Of Myself not only brings attention seeking to a newContinue reading “LFF 2022: Sick Of Myself – Review”

LFF 2022: Faraaz – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Hansal Mehta Retelling of the 2016 terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Bangladesh, also told through the eyes of the family of teenager Faraaz (Zahan Kapoor). There’s no denying that once the violence within Faraaz begins it doesn’tContinue reading “LFF 2022: Faraaz – Review”

The Fabelmans – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 31 minutes, Director – Steven Spielberg Teenager Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) lives his life through what his camera observes, finding escape from his divided family life through filmmaking. In a short pre-film message Steven Spielberg makes certain that “this is my most personal film”. A semi-autobiographical depiction ofContinue reading “The Fabelmans – Review”

LFF 2022: The African Desperate – Review

Release Date – 21st October 2022, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 39 minutes, Director – Martin Syms Art student Palace (Diamond Stingily) is thrown into a heady mix of parties as she says goodbye to her friends on her final day of college. It should be stated that I’m almost certainly not theContinue reading “LFF 2022: The African Desperate – Review”