Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Jung Bum-shik A group of strangers find themselves walking into increasingly strange, and occasionally deadly, situations within their everyday lives. New Normal is perhaps one of the most baffling films I have seen in quite some time. Largely down toContinue reading “LFF 2022: New Normal – Review”
Category Archives: Reviews
Unwelcome – Review
Release Date – 27th January 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Jon Wright After surviving an attack in their London flat expecting-couple Maya (Hannah John-Kamen) and Jamie (Douglas Booth) hope for a life of peace, as long as they can keep the goblin-like Redcaps away. Unwelcome’s marketing, and openingContinue reading “Unwelcome – Review”
LFF 2022: Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Tim Mackenzie-Smith Documentary looking at the work and influence of eclectic 70s band Cymande. “I always wanted the bass to be an instrument that speaks” explains Steve Scipio in an interview delving into the various elements of the music ofContinue reading “LFF 2022: Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande – Review”
LFF 2022: Inland – Review
Release Date – 16th June 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 22 minutes, Director – Fridtjof Ryder After returning home after time in a psychiatric hospital a young man (Rory Alexander) begins to delve into his past and disappeared mother. There’s a divide between the naturalistic and the arthouse within writer-director Fridtjof Ryder’sContinue reading “LFF 2022: Inland – Review”
LFF 2022: Unicorn Wars – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 33 minutes, Director – Alberto Vázquez A group of teddy bears are rapidly trained to be sent to war against the unicorns of the forest, however they’re not prepared for just how brutal it will be. There are many comparisons and ‘cross-betweens’ that canContinue reading “LFF 2022: Unicorn Wars – Review”
LFF 2022: Klokkenluider – Review
Release Date – 1st September 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Neil Maskell A government whistle-blower (Amit Shah) and his wife (Sura Dohnke) must wait in a remote Belgian cottage with two armed bodyguards (Tom Burke, Roger Evans) whilst they await the arrival of a journalist (Jenna Coleman) WithContinue reading “LFF 2022: Klokkenluider – Review”
Babylon – Review
Cert – 18, Run-time – 3 hours 9 minutes, Director – Damien Chazelle As the talkies make their way onto the screen the lives of three hopeful Hollywood figures (Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Brad Pitt) intertwine with different fates for each. There’s a maximalist style akin to Baz Luhrmann within the outrageous party sequence whichContinue reading “Babylon – Review”
Plane – Review
Release Date – 27th January 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Jean-François Richet A pilot (Gerard Butler) of a commercial flight must protect his crew and passengers after crash-landing on an island run by separatists. Plane is further proof that we shouldn’t just suppose January as solely a dumpingContinue reading “Plane – Review”
LFF 2022: My Robot Brother – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 24 minutes, Director – Frederik Nørgaard When her outdated, childish robot friend (Lars Brygmann, Kristian Holm Joensen) becomes a source of embarrassment Alberte (Selma Iljazovski) is gifted a new updated model (Philip Elbech Andresen) which is able to do more than any other robotContinue reading “LFF 2022: My Robot Brother – Review”
LFF 2022: Casa Susanna – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Sébastien Lifshitz The story of the Casa Susanna, a safe haven away from the rest of society in the late ’50s where people could go to express their gender identity and sexuality. There’s something of a wistful nature to CasaContinue reading “LFF 2022: Casa Susanna – Review”
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