Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Martin Owen A young graffiti artist (Raff Law) is welcomed into a group of fellow orphans, planning a high-profit art heist. As we’re thrown into a parkour speed-run of modern-day London setting of Twist the audience is promised a tale with no singing andContinue reading “Twist – Review”
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The White Tiger – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 5 minutes, Director – Ramin Bahrani A young man (Adrash Gourav) works his way through India’s social divide by becoming the driver for a wealthy, if dubious, family. “I’m going to Delhi in an air conditioned car!” Balram (Adrash Gourav) gleefully exclaims out of the window of anContinue reading “The White Tiger – Review”
Baby Done – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 31 minutes, Director – Curtis Vowell On learning that she’s pregnant Zoe’s (Rose Matafeo) plans fall around her as she rushes to achieve her dreams, meanwhile her long-term boyfriend Tim (Matthew Lewis) stresses about the birth and fatherhood. Rose Matafeo has easily established herself as one of theContinue reading “Baby Done – Review”
LFF 2020: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – Review
Release Date – 1st January 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 38 minutes, Director – Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross The regular patrons of a Las Vegas bar meet throughout the day and night to drink up and say goodbye to their beloved meeting place on its final day Bloody Nose, Empty PocketsContinue reading “LFF 2020: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – Review”
Stardust – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – Gabriel Range David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) embarks on a US tour in the hope of promoting the seemingly unsellable The Man Who Sold The World. “What follows is (mostly) fiction” runs the opening title-card for Ziggy Stardust origin story Stardust. Unlike 2019’s Rocketman whichContinue reading “Stardust – Review”
LFF 2020: 180 Degree Rule – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 23 minutes, Director – Farnoosh Samadi When she attends a family wedding against her husband’s (Pejman Jamshidi) will, Sara (Sahar Dolatshahi) experiences a tragic loss which leads to a succession of lies, secrets and spiralling worries. Sara (Sahar Dolatshahi) is a school teacher whoContinue reading “LFF 2020: 180 Degree Rule – Review”
Pieces Of A Woman – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 2 minutes, Director – Kornél Mundruczó A young mother (Vanessa Kirby) struggles to come to terms with the death of her newborn child, as the months go on her relationships with her partner (Shia LaBeouf) and mother (Ellen Burstyn) become tense. Pieces Of A Woman has rightfully beenContinue reading “Pieces Of A Woman – Review”
Blithe Spirit – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 36 minutes, Director – Edward Hall A struggling writer (Dan Stevens) begins to experience troubles in his second marriage when the ghost of his first wife (Leslie Manville) reappears after a séance. ‘Jolly good, what a splendidly smashing show, old chap!’ were unlikely the words that Noel CowardContinue reading “Blithe Spirit – Review”
LFF 2020: One Night In Miami – Review
Release Date – 15th January 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Regina King Four influential African American figures; Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr) meet in a hotel room one night, discussing their status in society andContinue reading “LFF 2020: One Night In Miami – Review”
LFF 2020: Soul – Review
Release Date – 25th December 2020, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Directors – Pete Docter, Kemp Powers Music teacher Joe (Jamie Foxx) has just been given the chance to fulfil his dreams and play piano in a jazz club. However, after dying and trying to escape the afterlife he finds himselfContinue reading “LFF 2020: Soul – Review”