Film Review – The Score (2021)
It’s not that unusual to have a musical in a crime setting. Think Guys And Dolls, think West Side Story...
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 …..
Film Review – The Forgiven (2021)
It feels like we’ve been in the cinematic boondocks. Not that August has been short on new releases as such,...
Film Review – The Feast (Gwledd) (2021)
The setting is elegant and contemporary, the food is home cooked and looks delicious – this could be the perfect...
Interview: directors/writers Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft on the “laughter, tears and singing” of Fisherman’s Friends: One And All
The buoys are back in town. And we make no apologies for the pun! Fisherman’s Friends, the most unlikely of...
Film Review – Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
It's a title that poses more than one question. If, like this writer, you like your punctuation accurate, you’ll be...
Interview: Luck’s Flula Borg would have been “too nervous” to meet Jane Fonda
Skydance Animation leaps headfirst into its first full-length feature this week with Luck, released on Apple TV+. A colourful fantasy...
Review – Luck (2022)
At last streamers are waking up to the unique power of animation. Netflix’s The Mitchells vs The Machines was deservedly...
Film Review – Hit The Road (2021)
A family car journey. Not necessarily something to look forward to, especially if one of the passengers is a lively...
Film Review – Joyride (2022)
We didn’t see the memo, but it looks like this is Road Trip Movie Week. There’s a double whammy of...
Film Review – The Deer King (2021)
Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji’s The Deer King For fans who have relied on home entertainment releases and the likes...
Film Review – She Will (2021)
The rise of women-led horror – think Relic, Saint Maud and, more recently, Men – continues apace this week with...
Prime Video Review – Anything’s Possible (2022)
Cast your mind back to when you were at school, when all you wanted to do was fit in, to...
Interview: Don’t Make Me Go director Hannah Marks on why a cast change took the film in a new direction
One of the hits from last month’s Tribeca Film Festival reaches a wider audience this week in double quick time....
Prime Video Review – Don’t Make Me Go (2022)
It’s one of the most familiar movie genres. From ground breakers like Easy Rider and Thelma And Louise, to the...