Review – Knives Out
Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc gives us a hugely enjoyable performance in a film that is an excellent celebration of the whodunnit genre
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Review – Green Book
2018’s Best Picture Oscar winner Green Book, is a thoroughly enjoyable and affirming tale of friendship and humanity.
Read moreReview – Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable from 2000, is a powerful example of both an auteur at the top of his game, and a contemporary approach to a genre that is now running amuck in cinema
Read moreReview – Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach’s latest film is a remarkably powerful exploration about working in the gig economy that should be required viewing
Read moreReview – A Star is Born (2018)
A moving and emotional addition to the famous series of film which sees two impressive debuts of Bradley Cooper as director, and Lady Gaga in an acting role. #StarIsBorn #MovieReview
Read moreReview – Rocketman
Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in this hugely enjoyable fantasy biopic and musical extravaganza – perfectly in keeping with the star himself.
Read moreReview – Joker
Joaquin Phoenix shines bright in this dark, and at times uncomfortable, origin story of the most famous villain in comic books
Read moreReview – Ad Astra
In the grandest transitions of big scale sci fi films of the past, Ad Astra is an ambitious, spectacular cinematic experience.
Read moreReview – Darkest Hour
One of the most famous individuals of the 20th century, Winston Churchill, is the focus for the new historical drama Darkest Hour – with director Joe Wright. Set in a 3 week period during 1940, we see Churchill coming to power and near immediately facing the pressures from his own party to seek a potential compromise with the German army,
Read moreReview – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
The new film by director Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein, Lucky Number Slevin, Gangster Number 1) is an adaption of the book (of the same name) by Peter Turner. The film tells the story of the love affair of former Hollywood star Gloria Graham, and a younger liverpudlian actor (Turner himself). The film begins in 1981 with the actress falling ill,
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