Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart on the inspiration for their magical animation
The animated hit from this year's London Film Festival gets its big release this week, courtesy of Apple TV+. Wolfwalkers...
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 – A Christmas Carol (2020)
The lifting of lockdown doesn’t necessarily mean it’s back to some semblance of normality for everybody. Live entertainment has suffered...
Netflix Review – Mank (2020)
“Who was that?” asks MGM boss Louis B Meyer on a visit to media mogul William Randolph Hearst. “Just a...
Interviews: Muscle director Gerard Johnson and actors Craig Fairbrass and Cavan Clerkin
After a debut at the 2019 London Film Festival, Gerard Johnson’s testosterone pumped Muscle arrives in selected UK cinemas and...
Film Review – County Lines (2019)
It’s a phrase that’s entered in the language in recent years, making its presence felt especially in the media. County...
Film Review – Muscle (2019)
A move to the North East isn’t working out as Londoner Simon (Cavan Clerkin) had hoped. The combination of a...
Digital Review – Happiest Season (2020)
It’s enough to frazzle anybody’s nerves. The prospect of meeting your partner’s family for the first time comes with a...
Jungleland director Max Winkler and actor Jessica Barden on working with whippets and the music of The Boss
Writer/director Max Winkler knows he’s made a movie set in a familiar genre, but he always planned to do something...
Film Review – The Irishman (2019)
What makes a Scorsese film? Gangsters? Freeze frames? Robert de Niro? Well, you’ll be happy to know the iconic director’s...
Netflix Review – The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
At the start of The Christmas Chronicles 2, we’re shown a large leather bound book entitled The Christmas Chronicles Volume...
Uncle Frank writer/director Alan Ball on his father’s “what if?” story
Writer/director Alan Ball knows he started at the top as a writer. His first movie screenplay won him an Oscar....
Digital Review – Train To Busan Presents:Peninsula (2020)
There’s something about being on a train. The speed, the confinement, the close proximity of other people …… it’s almost...
Netflix Review – The Life Ahead (2020)
They don’t happen until next April, but speculation about the Oscars is already in full flow – and a surprise...
Netflix Review – Jingle Jangle:A Christmas Journey (2020)
A couple of years ago, Netflix came up with what turned out to be the festive treat of the year....