Director – Natalie Kennedy – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 94m **** Struggling with writer’s block, a successful author checks in to an AI-controlled retreat facility only for a virus to wreak havoc on the software which runs it, turning her into a prisoner – out on UK digital download from Monday, January […]
Director – John Madden – 2021 – UK – Cert. 12a – 127m ***** The British WW2 deception involving a corpse and fake documents to make Germany think the Allies are landing in Greece rather than Sicily – out in cinemas on Friday, April 15th At the height of World War II, the Allies plan […]
Directors – Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw – 2020 – US, Italy – Cert. 12a – 84m ***** Italians carry out a trade their families have pursued for generations with their beloved, faithful and trained dogs – in cinemas from Friday, July 9th Cinema is about many things. Among them, it’s about the camera, the eye, […]
Director – David Cronenberg – 1991 – Canada – Cert. 18 – 115m ***** UK PAL laserdisc review. Originally published in London Calling Internet. See also my reviews in Film And Video – The Magazine and What’s On In London. Distributor Pioneer LDCE Cat No: PFLEB 30781 £9.99 BBFC Certificate 18 Running Time 85 min […]
Director – David Cronenberg – 1991 – Canada – Cert. 18 – 115m ***** Originally published in What’s On In London. See also my reviews in Film And Video – The Magazine and London Calling Internet. INSECT POLITICS Watching David Cronenberg’s film of William Burroughs’ novel The Naked Lunch, it becomes clear that the two […]
Director – David Cronenberg – 1991 – Canada – Cert. 18 – 115m ***** Originally published in Film And Video – The Magazine. See also my reviews in What’s On In London and London Calling Internet. PLOT New York, 1953. Bug exterminator Bill Lee (Peter Weller) runs out of roach powder whilst treating an infested […]