Director – Leiji Matsumoto – 2003 – Japan – Cert. PG – 68m ** Back in UK cinemas from Thursday, December 12th 2024 Review from What’s On in London, December 2003. Admirers of legendary anime series Capitaine Albator / Captain Harlock, 1978), electronic band Daft Punk sought out designer and source manga artist Leiji Matsumoto (anime […]
Directors – David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller – 2024 – US – Cert. PG – 100m *** 1/2 The desire to connect with the people who must surely live beyond the known horizons of her world drives Moana on a new seafaring adventure – out in UK cinemas on Friday, November […]
Directors – Hans Block, Moritz Reisewieke – 2024 – US – Cert. – 87m ***** People deal with bereavement with the help of interactive versions of their deceased, loved ones recreated by AI – out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 28th In a rare visual shot in this mostly verbally based documentary, an aerial […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi Et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]
This triple review was originally published in Third Way, April 2014. The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi Et L’Oiseau) Director – Paul Grimault – 1980 – France – Cert. U – 83m UK release date 11/04/2014 ***** Wrinkles (Arrugas) Director – Ignacio Ferreras – 2011 – Spain – Cert. 15 – 89m UK release […]
Producers-Writers-Directors – The Archers (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) – 1948 – UK – Cert. PG – 135m ***** A young dancer gives her all to the art of ballet, symbolised by the story’s centrepiece of the Ballet of the Red Shoes, in which the heroine is danced to death by the eponymous footwear – […]
Director – Becky Hutner – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 100m ***** A fledgling designer appalled by her industry’s environmental record attempts to do fashion sustainably – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 3rd The title put me off before I even knew anything about this documentary. On further investigation, however, its […]
Director – Lorcan Finnegan – 2022 – UK, Ireland – Cert. 15 – 96m *** A mother and fashion designer’s stress levels increase when she hires a too good to be true Filipino au pair – on Shudder UK, US and Canada from Friday, February 24th A nocebo is a negative placebo – a belief […]
Directors – David Fairhead, Anthony Palmer – 2022 – UK – Cert. PG – 110m **** The story of World War Two’s iconic Lancaster bomber aircraft, the missions it flew and the airmen who served as its crews – out in cinemas on Friday, May 27th The constant drone-like sound, the view looking downwards moving […]