Belfast – Review Anna McKibbin January 21, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in October 2021 as part of London Film Festival. The glinting silver off the Titanic Quarters, the sweeping green of Cave Hill, the bouncing yellow of the Harland &...
Wild Mountain Thyme – Review Louise Burrell May 2, 2021 Reviews Two childhood sweethearts (Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan) who have never quite managed to express their love for one another find themselves mixed up in a dispute over their families’ farmland. That is...
Synchronic – Review Daniel Theophanous January 30, 2021 Reviews Director-duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been chipping away for the past decade, carving themselves a specific niche in cerebral horror-tinged sci-fi with a comedic undercurrent, usually centred...
Endings, Beginnings – Review Sophie Butcher August 7, 2020 Reviews A love triangle between a woman searching for "The One" and two men who are polar opposites may be something we’ve seen many times before, but a grounded, melancholic atmosphere and brilliantly vulnerable...
Robin Hood – Review David Brake November 24, 2018 Reviews It's always worse when your parents tell you they're not angry, they're just disappointed. How would they react when you managed to achieve both, and yet neither at the same time? Wonder no more and say hello...
A Private War – LFF 2018 Review Joni Blyth October 24, 2018 Reviews A Private War dives right into two warzones. One is more literal, as we meet real-life journalist Marie Colvin chasing down leads in the Sri Lankan rainforest, the other raging within her psyche. Each is well...
Fifty Shades Darker – Review Danielle Davenport February 12, 2017 Reviews Fifty Shades Darker is a movie critics will love to hate, and yet the film will inevitably entice viewers in their intrigued millions. Both perspectives are understandable. "Escapism" is the epitomising...
COMPETITION – Win The 9th Life of Louis Drax on DVD David Brake January 30, 2017 Competitions Thanks to the best in the west over at Soda Pictures, we've got THREE (yes, THREE) copies of The 9th Life of Louis Drax to give away on DVD! You can thank us later. Here's the official press line that...
Fifty Shades of Grey – Berlinale 2015 Review David Brake February 12, 2015 Reviews The preconceptions about this film (equalling little more than a pile of cinematic manure) could cloud collective judgements in the strong opening 15 minutes. However the skepticism is, disappointingly,...