Reviewed: Dune is a modern sci-fi classic
Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s much anticipated adaptation of the sci-fi classic by Frank Herbert is released this week and it is … [ Read More ]
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‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise to End With 11th Film, Justin Lin Directing
The central “Fast and Furious” franchise will come to a conclusion after the 10th and 11th films, Variety has confirmed. … [ Read More ]
Name in Lights for the City of Lights: Las Vegas in the Movies
Las Vegas has attracted many nicknames over the past century, including Sin City, the Gambling Capital of the World, the … [ Read More ]
Film review: Talking About Trees.
Don’t be fooled by the title as Suhaib Gasmelbari’s debut feature Talking About Trees (ICA) has nothing to do with … [ Read More ]
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
A sensuous, dream-like study of lazy memory, lost time and flight is provided by Bi Gan in his hypnotic and … [ Read More ]
La Belle Epoque
Love, memory and nostalgia come to the fore in Nicolas Bedos’s second feature La Belle Epoque (now on release), a … [ Read More ]
Marriage Story
A devastating portrait of marital breakdown is provided by Noah (The Squid and the Whale) Baumbach in his most personal … [ Read More ]
The Cockleshell Heroes
This wartime film has some strange oddities that make stand out from many others, but many other elements that give … [ Read More ]
I Was Monty’s Double
There are many cases of authors making cameos as themselves in films. This film took it to another level.
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
The documentary about one the most peculiar of musicians is best described in the words of his most famous creation: … [ Read More ]
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Following on from the huge success of Mamma Mia!, the sequel finally arrived in cinemas, 10 years after the blockbuster … [ Read More ]
The Dam Busters: Collector’s Edition
Marking 75 years since the raid, from StudioCanal comes a new blu-ray restoration of… you are already thinking of the … [ Read More ]
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Ready Player One: we are surprisingly close to realising just such a VR dystopia
I was fortunate enough to catch a preview screening of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s futuristic … [ Read More ]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Meet Mildred Hayes (McDormand), a gift-shop manager in small-town Missouri who is grieving over the brutal murder of her only … [ Read More ]
Blade Runner 2049 – and why eyes are so important in this vision of the future
Even a brief glimpse of Blade Runner 2049 takes you straight into Deckard’s world. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s … [ Read More ]
IT remake will haunt those nostalgic for the unbridled terrors of childhood
What used to terrify you as a child? For me, it was being asked to retrieve anything from my grandmother’s … [ Read More ]
The Graduate: 50th Anniversary Edition
Hollywood classic The Graduate celebrates its 50th anniversary in December. Despite this it hasn’t stopped people releasing golden anniversary boxsets … [ Read More ]
Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan’s chosen subject for his latest grand scale project is the retreat and evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force … [ Read More ]
Denial
If you saw the cast list for a film included Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall in the lead roles, you … [ Read More ]
Manchester by the Sea
Despite any controversy in his personal life, Affleck is a very deserving winner for his performance in Manchester by the … [ Read More ]
Fast and Furious 8 (The Fate of the Furious)
Before the titles have even landed on screen, you just know that Fast and Furious 8 is going to be … [ Read More ]
Film of the day: Black Mass
Black Mass is an apt title for this caustic tale of manipulation, racketeering and murder that centres on a collaboration … [ Read More ]
The Sense of an Ending
An ageing divorced man coming to term with his age and impending inabilities, Jim Broadbent stars as Tony Webster – … [ Read More ]
Uncertain
“Uncertain is not on the way to anywhere. You’ve either got to know where you’re going or to be lost … [ Read More ]
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