LFF 2021: She Will – Review

Release date – 22nd July 2022, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Director – Charlotte Colbert After a double mastectomy an aging actress (Alice Krige) finds herself confronting past and present traumas in an isolated Scottish wellbeing retreat. There’s a large selection of ideas at play within Charlotte Colbert’s horror feature debutContinue reading “LFF 2021: She Will – Review”

Death On The Nile – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 7 minutes, Director – Kenneth Branagh When a recently married bride (Gal Gadot) is murdered during her honeymoon Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) steps in to decipher which of the invited guests on a boat travelling down the Nile is the killer. If there’s one thing that confirms HerculeContinue reading “Death On The Nile – Review”

LFF 2021: The Wolf Suit – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 14 minutes, Director – Sam Firth Director Sam Firth looks back at, and attempts to recreate, her parents divorce, and her own childhood, based on their accounts and her own personal memories. “In some ways I’ve been making this film since I was aContinue reading “LFF 2021: The Wolf Suit – Review”

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Michael Showalter Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain) is a hopeful, young woman looking to tour America and bring as many people to God as possible, alongside her leading husband Jim (Andrew Garfield) the pair start a televangelism empire, not without its controversies. ‘Tammy FayeContinue reading “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye – Review”

Jackass Forever – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 36 minutes, Director – Jeff Tremaine The Jackass team reassemble, with some new faces, after more than ten years away to put each other through another round of pranks, ‘games’, stunts and pain. “D!ck pain hurts” three words that state the obvious and also help to sum upContinue reading “Jackass Forever – Review”

LFF 2021: The Phantom Of The Open – Review

Release Date – 18th March 2022, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Craig Roberts Humble working class family man and shipyard worker Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) finds himself playing ‘professionally’ in the 1976 British Open, having never played a round of golf in his life. Maurice Flitcroft has been labelledContinue reading “LFF 2021: The Phantom Of The Open – Review”

LFF 2021: Money Has Four Legs – Review

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 38 minutes, Director – Maung Sun While trying to make his debut feature, hopeful director Wai Bhone (Okkar Dat-Khe) runs into financial troubles in both his personal and moviemaking lives. Opening his feature debut, co-writer (alongside Ma Aeint) and director Maung Sun takes aContinue reading “LFF 2021: Money Has Four Legs – Review”

Sing 2 – Review

Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Garth Jennings Musical theatre producer Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) convinces wealthy businessman Jimmy Crystal (Bobby Cannavale) to put on a show, in three weeks, featuring his hopeful cast, and reclusive former rock star Clay Calloway (Bono). In my opinion the best joke in 2016’sContinue reading “Sing 2 – Review”