Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Shaka King Car thief William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) is brought in by the FBI and sent to join the Black Panther Party, where he begins to get close to Illinois leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). It’s clear that one day both Lakeith Stanfield andContinue reading “Judas And The Black Messiah – Review”
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Moxie – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 51 minutes, Director – Amy Poehler Quiet, 16 year old Vivian (Hadley Robinson) causes a wave at her school through her anonymous, sexism battling zine, Moxie. The last two or three years have brought us an array of brilliant new teen movies. From the likes of Love, Simon,Continue reading “Moxie – Review”
Coming 2 America – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 48 minutes, Director – Craig Brewer Seeking a male heir to the throne of Zamunda, now King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) discovers that he has a son (Jermaine Fowler) living in America. 1988’s Coming To America marked the first time Eddie Murphy played multiple characters in a film (theContinue reading “Coming 2 America – Review”
LFF 2020: Rose: A Love Story – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 26 minutes, Director – Jennifer Sheridan Sam (Matt Stokoe) and Rose (Sophie Rundle) live in isolation in the hills above a small town, hiding a dark secret in their small cabin. Director Jennifer Sheridan makes her feature debut with Rose: A Love Story, aContinue reading “LFF 2020: Rose: A Love Story – Review”
Capone – Review
Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 43 minutes, Director – Josh Trank Following the last year of mob-boss Al Capone’s (Tom Hardy) life as he suffers from neurosyphilis and the dementia that it leads to. When it comes to mob films you may expect a fair deal of bloodshed to feature. Writer-director Josh Trank’sContinue reading “Capone – Review”
The United States Vs Billie Holiday – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 5 minutes, Director – Lee Daniels In response to her song Strange Fruit the FBI attempt to bring in Billie Holiday (Andra Day) on narcotics charges. In a film about the entire United States seemingly being against singer Billie Holiday Lee Daniels’ latest does a good job onContinue reading “The United States Vs Billie Holiday – Review”
LFF 2020: Another Round – Review
Release Date – 2nd July 2021, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Thomas Vinterberg Four teachers decide to conduct an experiment to see whether a theory about keeping a blood-alcohol level of 0.05% will improve their everyday and working lives, however overtime they decide to increase this mark. Binge drinking.Continue reading “LFF 2020: Another Round – Review”
LFF 2020: Bad Tales – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 38 minutes, Directors – Fabio D’Innocenzo, Damiano D’Innocenzo In the heat of the Italian summer family rifts are caused as a group of parents begin to act out in anger against their children, who themselves are discovering more of the world and themselves. TheContinue reading “LFF 2020: Bad Tales – Review”
LFF 2020: Ultraviolence – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Director – Ken Fero Documentary exposing deaths in prisons, and on the streets, caused by police brutality and the effects that they have had. The brief text-filled trailer for Ultraviolence claims that this is a film that the police and politicians don’tContinue reading “LFF 2020: Ultraviolence – Review”
LFF 2020: Cicada – Review
Release Date – 21st January 2022, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 33 minutes, Directors – Matt Fifer, Kieran Mulcare Breaking from a string of one night stands Ben (Matt Fifer), trying to cope with the recurring impacts of past sexual trauma, forms an instant connection with Sam (Sheldon D. Brown) New York City,Continue reading “LFF 2020: Cicada – Review”
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