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...
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 – Bird Box (2018)
Post-apocalyptic settings have become something of a cinema staple. We just can’t get enough of them and our fascination with...
Film Review – Sorry To Bother You (2018)
It feels like it’s been a long time coming. While US audiences and critics were shouting about Boots Riley’s Sorry...
Netflix Review – Mowgli:Legend Of The Jungle
In 2006, it was Capote and Infamous. In 2013 it was White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen. This year...
Film Review – Assassination Nation (2018)
With the end of 2018 just over the horizon, its second half sees a rush of films that, in their...
Film Review – Juliet, Naked (2018)
We all have our heroes and idols. And chat rooms and websites mean we can share that adoration with others,...
Peterloo Director Mike Leigh: From Domestic Drama to Historical Epic
On 16 August 1819, up to 80,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Fields in Manchester gathered for a peaceful, pro-democracy...
London Film Festival 2018 review – The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Hands up if your favourite teacher in the movies is one of the following. The inspirational John Keating (Robin Williams)...
London Film Festival 2018 review – Peterloo (2018)
Peterloo probably isn’t a title that will resonate much outside of the North West. The Peterloo Massacre of 1819 saw...
London Film Festival 2018 review – The Front Runner (2018)
“Follow me around,” says irritated Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) to the assembled press corps. “If anybody wants to put...
London Film Festival 2018 Review – Wildlife (2018)
It’s the same every year at the London Film Festival. Tucked away in the brochure is at least one little...
London Film Festival 2018 review – Colette (2018)
Timing, as they say, is everything. In which case, director Wash Westmoreland, who made the Oscar-winning Still Alice, has timed...
Film Review – First Man (2018)
Damien Chazelle never makes the same kind of film twice. And, if his enviable track record is anything to go...
Film Review – Bad Times At The El Royale (2018)
Movie settings don’t get much better than a hotel. Think about it: as many characters as you like, all in...