Release Date – 10th February 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Sarah Polley After a series of severe sexual assaults a group of women discuss whether to leave or stay in their Amish commune. Amongst the various moments of shock within Women Talking is perhaps the reminder of theContinue reading “LFF 2022: Women Talking – Review”
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LFF 2022: She Is Love – Review
Release Date – 3rd February 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 20 minutes, Director – Jamie Adams When she arrives at the hotel run by her ex-husband’s (Sam Riley) girlfriend (Marisa Abela), Patricia (Haley Bennett) confronts the downfall of her relationship in a drunken evening with her former partner. “I’m aware of howContinue reading “LFF 2022: She Is Love – Review”
LFF 2022: The Whale – Review
Release Date – 3rd February 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Darren Aronofsky When it seems his condition may be leading him to his final days a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher (Brendan Fraser) tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink). It’s been a fair while sinceContinue reading “LFF 2022: The Whale – Review”
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 24 minutes, Director – Kasi Lemmons Biopic charting the rising career, fame and personal life of Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie) Early on, while rehearsing songs for church, Whitney Houston’s mother (Tamara Tunie) reminds her that “every song is about a story, there is no story about a song”.Continue reading “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Review”
LFF 2022: Empire Of Light – Review
Release Date – 9th January 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Sam Mendes In the turbulent days of the early 1980s a romance begins to form between a young Black man (Micheal Ward) and an older white woman (Olivia Colman) in the cinema that they both work at. AfterContinue reading “LFF 2022: Empire Of Light – Review”
Avatar: The Way Of Water – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 3 hours 12 minutes, Director – James Cameron When Colonel Quartich (Stephen Lang) returns to Pandora Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his family seek refuge with the sea-dwelling Metkayina tribe to avoid being hunted down. When recalling Avatar many think of the highly acclaimed visual effects which brought the worldContinue reading “Avatar: The Way Of Water – Review”
Emancipation – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Antoine Fuqua Escaped slave Peter (Will Smith) makes his way through the swamplands of Louisiana to try and make his way back to his family, while being hunted down by a murderous slaveowner (Ben Foster). “There are many ways to die in a swamp”Continue reading “Emancipation – Review”
LFF 2022: Till – Review
Release Date – 6th January 2023, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 10 minutes, Director – Chinonye Chukwu Grieving mother Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) attempts to find justice after a racist attack leads to the lynching and murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett (Jalyn Hall). Perhaps the biggest creation of emotional pain within TillContinue reading “LFF 2022: Till – Review”
Rimini – Review
Release Date – 9th December 2022, Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Ulrich Seidl With his career far from the limelight it was once in an aging singer (Michael Thomas) struggles to raise the money his daughter (Tessa Göttlicher) claims is owed from 18 years of her father not beingContinue reading “Rimini – Review”
Violent Night – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Tommy Wirkola After finding himself stranded in the house of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve Santa (David Harbour) must protect himself and them from a gang of criminals looking to steal millions of dollars. It seems that a drunk, disgruntled Santa is theContinue reading “Violent Night – Review”
Just A Little Bit Random 