Wild Horse Nine Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival)
It’s the 1970s. A world without mobile phones and computers, smoking is the norm, and there’s global upheaval in the...
Freda Cooper
Freda is a Senior Writer at The People's Movies.
A lifelong movie fan and a film critic for over ten years, Freda’s natural habitat is the darkened rooms frequented by fellow cineastes. She can also be found asking questions of some of the biggest names in the business – from Cate Blanchett to Daniel Craig or Mike Leigh to Pete Docter – or crafting reviews for a number of sites and publications, including The People’s Movies. And listeners to BBC Local Radio can catch her views on the latest releases. She always – and probably always will – cite The Third Man as her favourite film of all time. Her top ten? That’s a moveable feast …..
The Uprising Review: The People Rebel In Gritty Historical Epic
In case you’re wondering, Robin Hood is not in The Uprising. He’s not mentioned by name in Paul Greengrass’s muddy...
Verity Review: Colleen Hoover Adaptation Is Glossy And Gothic
She’s the queen of the page-turners. Hollywood can’t get enough of Colleen Hoover’s glossy, emotionally charged sagas, and her BookTok-fuelled...
Digger Review: Tom Cruise Impresses, But The Satire Is Soft
The latest feature from a director with no less than four Oscars under his belt should create some excitement. And...
Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom Review – More Giggles Than Guffaws Down On The Farm
It sounds like a typically eccentric Aardman joke. Tucked away near the end of the credits for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of...
Pressure Review: Andrew Scott Brings Quiet Power To D-Day Drama
Baby Boomers call it The War. They grew up surrounded by people with recent and powerful memories of 1939 –...
Tony Review: A Complex, Tasty Biopic
In Kitchen Confidential, the late Anthony Bourdain pulled no punches in describing his teenage self. He was, put simply, “badly...
The End Of Oak Street Review: A Monster Helping Of Fun
It’s a brave writer/director who decides to make a new version of a favourite movie, especially when it’s a much-loved...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review – A Thrilling Return for the Web-Slinger
It’s been a long time coming. A proper superhero movie, with a mere mortal blessed - or cursed – with...
Fairyland Review
For his feature debut, director/writer Andrew Durham has taken us to somewhere we know, or at least feel we do...
Supergirl Review
Times change. Around ten years ago, we were on the superhero diet, consuming a new Marvel or DC movie every...
Disclosure Day Review
He’s one of the greatest cinematic storytellers of our times, which makes a film helmed by Steven Spielberg more of...
Interview: Callum Scott Howells on playing a 19th century rock star in Madfabulous
One of the audience favourites from this year’s BFI Flare, Madfabulous turned the spotlight on Henry Cyril Paget, an extravagant...
Interview: Seamus McLean Ross And Samuel Bottomley On The Energy of California Schemin’
It delighted festivals from Toronto to Glasgow and captured the hearts of cinemagoers around the UK – and now James...