Director – James Cameron – 1991 (3D version 2017) – US – Cert. 15 – 127m ***** A second Terminator is sent from the future to kill the future leader of the war against the machines – remastered 3D version of James Cameron’s classic is out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, August 29th 2017 Painstakingly […]
Director – Steve McQueen – 2024 – UK, US – Cert. 12a – 120m ***** As the Germans bomb London in WW2’s Blitz, a boy evacuated by his mother as per government instructions refuses to stay on the train and finds his way back to London – from the BFI London Film Festival 2024 which […]
Director – Brian Taylor – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 99m **1/2 Hellboy must confront a dark labyrinth of hills, the Crooked Man who tricks people out of their souls, and some unresolved family matter from his own past– latest franchise reboot is out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 13th 1959. Hellboy […]
Director – Karim Ainouz – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 121m ***** Henry VIII’s sixth wife Katherine Parr must navigate the increasingly treacherous waters between her desire for religious tolerance and Henry’s more authoritarian take on Christianity – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 6th With her husband Henry VIII away fighting […]
Directed by Karim AinouzCertificate 15121 minutesReleased 6 September Reviewed for Reform magazine. History. The Tudors. King Henry VIII wanted a male heir to the throne. His first wife failed to deliver, so he divorced her. When the Pope excommunicated him, Henry set up the new, Protestant, Church of England. He kept marrying new wives who […]
Director – Moin Hussain – 2023 – UK – Cert. 12a – 91m **** When his estranged father dies after leaving him an answering machine message, a motorway service station employee starts to question the identity of his father and, by extension, of himself – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 9th Adam (Faraz […]
Director – Sean Wang – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m ***** A young, Taiwanese-American teenager must deal with issues of ethnicity, family and love in 2008, when social media has become a significant element of growing up – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 2nd 2008. California. Summer. 13-year-old Taiwanese-American Chris […]
Director – Hayao Miyazaki – 2008 – Japan – Cert. U – 103m ***** A girl fish spirit takes on human form to become a companion to a human boy – reviewed for Third Way, February 2010 Miyazaki’s animated filmography prior to international crossover item Spirited Away (2001) has scarcely graced UK screens, despite colossal […]
Director – Phil Grabsky, Ali Ray – 2024 – UK – Cert. U – 98m ***** Employees, punters and celebrities choose their favourite painting in London’s National Gallery – out in UK cinemas from Tuesday, June 4th There have been documentary films about the UK’s National Gallery before, notably the wonderful, three-hour-long National Gallery (Frederick […]
Director – Hirokazu Kore-eda – 2023 – Japan – Cert. 12a – 126m **** The mother of a school pupil believes her son is being abused by his teacher, who in turn protests his own innocence, yet the truth is more complex – out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 15th A movie at once […]