Film Review – Lucky (2017)
The late Harry Dean Stanton leads Lucky - which has sadly become his final lead role. Lucky marks actor John...
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Film Review – The Rider (2017)
The Old West – at least, the one we know from the westerns that proliferated in the 1950s and 60s...
Film Review – Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Based on the best selling globally revered novel from Kevin Kwan this adaptation has all the right ingredients of young...
Film Review – Puzzle (2018)
Puzzle opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival and stars one of Scotland’s – nay, Glasgow’s – finest. Kelly Macdonald. ...
Film Review – ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ (2018)
It’s admirable to see Chloe Grace Moretz evolve into a serious young actor. Dwelling back on that cute potty mouth...
Film Review – Searching (2018)
The internet, and the realm of computers, phones, pads and countless other technological advances, has changed the world forever. If...
Film Review – Upgrade (2018)
It's taken 27 years, three sequels, a ridiculous number of dollars and much more but here, finally, our time waiting...
Yardie’s Aml Ameen and Shantol Jackson on working with Idris Elba
When Idris Elba made his debut as a producer with Beasts Of No Nation, it caused a flurry. He was...
Film Review – The Happytime Murders (2018)
The first movie from Brian Henson’s Henson Alternative label, a studio off-shoot dedicated entirely to adult-themed muppet movies, already looks...
Film Review – The Happytime Murders (2018)
Sometimes it’s all too easy to understand how a movie gets green lit. The phrase “an adult Muppet movie” must...
Film Review – Cold War (2018)
After the critical acclaim and awards showered on Ida (2013), the next offering from Polish-born director, Pawel Pawlikowski was always...
Film Review – The Festival (2018)
Festivals in Britain are infamous. Not for the music, but for the antics that befall the festival-goers. They sacrifice their...
Film Review – BlacKkKlansman (2018)
When you hear the name Spike Lee, my instant thoughts are of the triumphant film Do the Right Thing (1989)...
Film Review – BlacKkKlansman (2018)
In 1992, Spike Lee chose to open his biopic of Malcolm X with a shot of the American flag cut...