Directors – Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead – 2017 – US – Cert. 15 – 111m ***** Second time lucky? Two brothers who escaped from a strange desert cult decide to go back for a second look, which may prove to be their undoing – in cinemas & digital HD on Friday, June 29th and on […]
Director – Emma Franz – 2017 – US – 118m ***** Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is a unique talent, a shy man and an extraordinary individual about whom fellow musician turned director Franz has made a remarkable film – now on DVD, BD and VoD This extraordinary character study of one of the most significant […]
Director – Ridley Scott – 2017 – US – 15 – 122m *** 1/2 The latest Alien franchise entry is an effective horror sci-fi, teeming with shocks, scares and twists, but it lacks the mythological depth of Prometheus and the twisted sexual connotations of Alien – in cinemas on 12th May 2017 This is Ridley […]
Director – Christopher Smith – 2016 – UK – Cert. 15 – 97m ****1/2 Should I stay or should I go? Smart thriller wherein a man’s life is literally split in two as he chooses between an ill-advised road trip to Vegas or staying at home with his hated stepfather – now on DVD and […]
Nonconformist poet A Quiet PassionDirected by Terence DaviesCertificate 12a, 126 minutesReleased 7 April 2017 A stern matriarch divides a school room of young women into those who are saved on one side and those who hope to be saved on the other. This leaves Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) in the middle because she hasn’t got […]
Director – Paul Bettany – 2014 – US – Cert. 18 – 105m ***** Released on DVD in 2016. First time British writer director Paul Bettany (better known as an actor) dedicated this to “the couple who lived outside my building”. Illegal Nigerian, Muslim immigrant Tahir (Anthony Mackie) and American, agnostic junkie Hannah (Jennifer Connelly) […]
The following reviews appeared on the Funimation UK blog in 2016. Creepy (2016), Dark Water (2002), The Human Condition Trilogy (1959, 1959, 1961), Kubo And The Two Strings (2016), Ran (1985) and When Marnie Was There (2014). More detailed links to all these plus full details of UK Certifications, running lengths and release dates can […]
Director – François Ozon – 2014 – France – Cert. 15 – 108m ***** On BFI Player subscription from Monday, May 17th 2021 UK release date 22/05/2015 Spring Directors – Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead – 2014 – US – Cert. 15 – 109m ***** UK release date 22/05/2015 Both these films can easily be ruined […]
Director – Victor Fleming – 2014 (1939) – US – Cert. U (A) – 102m **** UK release April 8th, 2014. A Hollywood classic gets the restoration / 3D treatment. On the big screen, the effect is something like seeing a stage production in places populated with hordes of extras as the spectacular studio sets […]
Director – Ridley Scott – 2006 – US – 12A – 118 mins ***1/2 A ruthless, successful Square Mile bond trader travels to Provence to sort out the estate he’s inherited from his late uncle – UK release date 27/10/2006 Back in the 1980s, British TV commercials spawned a number of hugely successful feature film […]