The Banshees of Inisherin – Review
Haven’t we all taken a moment in our life to ponder “what if?”. What if you took that job; what if you pursued what made you happy; what if there was more to life than you’re getting out of it? These...
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Alone in Berlin
When Hans Fallada sat down to write Every Man Dies Alone, he was creating one of the first anti-Nazi books to be published in post-war Germany. Having spent many years incarcerated in an insane asylu...
Trespass Against Us
It’s fairly safe to say that the travelling community in Britain is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Unless you buy in to sensationalist headlines or trashy wedding programmes, not much is known about t...
Live by Night
Ben Affleck returns as actor/director in prohibition era gangster flick Live by Night. Based on Dennis Lehane’s novel of the same name, Live by Night stars Affleck as Joe Coughlin, the son of a...
Hampstead – First Look
Hampstead Village, London. Famous for its beautiful and much-loved Heath – a piece of quiet countryside in a vast metropolis. Living on the edge of the Heath is American widow, Emily Walters (Diane K...
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
A dark cloud had started to descend over the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban noted a grim shift in tone but it would be Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that would st...
Suffragette: A Story That Still Needs Told
For fifty years, women of all classes in the United Kingdom protested to parliament for the right for women to vote and were ignored. Repeatedly given false promises, key figures such as Emmeline and...
An All Star Cast Fight For Their Rights In Suffragette
Oscar season is slowly creeping up on us and making an early claim for some golden statues is Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette. Focusing on the early members of the British women’...
Braveheart
With all the discussion surrounding the future of Scotland, it was inevitable that some people would start to quote and reference, what for them, was the greatest film about the country. The film was...
The Guard – Review
There are usually two ways that a low-budget film from a first-time director can go. It can be a bit messy with too many ideas crammed into it. Or it can be worked on until it is a slick engaging fil...