Film review – Serenity (2019)
Winning an Oscar isn’t always everything it’s cracked up to be. For some actors it’s a ticket to the top,...
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 …..
Netflix review – Isn’t It Romantic (2019)
Rom-coms seem to be back in vogue at the moment and Netflix is basking in their reflected glory. Last year...
On The Basis Of Sex director Mimi Leder on returning from “Movie Jail”
Director Mimi Leder is the first to admit that On The Basis Of Sex is a personal movie. Deeply so....
Film Review – On The Basis Of Sex (2019)
Equal rights campaigner Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become an overnight sensation at over 80. Her biography, Notorious RBG, was published...
Film Review – Boy Erased (2019)
After its screening at Toronto last year, we’re already familiar with the subject of Joel Edgerton’s sophomore as a director....
Film Review – All Is True (2019)
The title of Kenneth Branagh’s latest makes a massive claim. All Is True. Is it? Admittedly, we get a partial...
Netflix Review – Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Netflix has lined up some tasty offerings for 2019. Next month alone sees Ben Affleck in Triple Frontier and Chiwetel...
Film Review – How To Train Your Dragon:The Hidden World (2019)
Fans of Toothless the Night Fury, rejoice! Our favourite dragon is back for one more adventure – and, boy, does...
Film Review – Monsters and Men (2019)
It's only a few minutes into Reinaldo Marcus Green’s debut feature, Monsters And Men, when that feeling of familiarity raises...
Netflix Review – Close (2019)
Everybody wants to be a bodyguard. Not that it’s the most glamorous job in the world, but Richard Madden’s efforts...
Bandersnatch – Film or Game? Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones, Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Asim Choudhry
Decisions, decisions. Frosties or Sugar Puffs? It’s the first one you face in Netflix’s interactive Bandersnatch, so it was only...
Film Review – The Front Runner (2019)
“Follow me around,” says irritated Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) to the assembled press corps. “If anybody wants to put...
Film Review – Welcome To Marwen (2019)
Any career lasting around 40 years will have its ups and downs. Robert Zemeckis has had plenty: his purple period...
Film Review – Papillon (2018)
Nostalgia is ruling cinemas. It’s a week when Mary Poppins Returns for her sequel, some 54 years after the release...