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”
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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”
Wonder Woman 1984 – Review
Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 31 minutes, Director – Patty Jenkins Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) secretly acts as Wonder Woman, stopping or preventing small crimes, however she has to use all her power to stop business-owner Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) from gaining world-threatening power. Is Wonder Woman here to save 2020? Perhaps. However,Continue reading “Wonder Woman 1984 – Review”
LFF 2020: Wolfwalkers – Review
Release Date – 11th December 2020, Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 43 minutes, Directors – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart An English girl (Honor Kneafsey) living in 1600’s Ireland befriends a shapeshifting Wolfwalker (Eva Whittaker) while her father (Sean Bean) and the Lord Protector (Simon McBurney) try to rid the woods of wolves. SinceContinue reading “LFF 2020: Wolfwalkers – Review”