Tag: film review

FILM: VICTORIA ON DVD AND BLU RAY

Rating: Victoria, from director Sebastian Schipper gets its DVD and Blu Ray release on Monday 23rd May. Since its theatrical release it has taken the film world by storm through its incredicble cinematography and unexpected shot, all incredibly filmed in just…

FILM REVIEW: RAMS

Rating: Rams is an Icelandic film about sheep farming. From that very short synopsis, you may not expect much from this indie film that won Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2015, but you’d be wrong. Rams is a beautiful, quiet…

FILM: DARK PLACES

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloe Grace Moretz and Christina Hendricks. Charlize Theron delivers another impassioned performance in the 2nd big screen adaptation of a Gillian Flynn novel in the past twelve months. Not as flashy or as…

VIDEO FILM REVIEW: ROOM (LFF)

Rating: Niki and Matt caught, the recently Oscar nominated film, Room last year at the London Film Festival. The film stars Brie Larson in an Oscar nominated role alongside newcomer Jacob Tremblay as mother and son living in captivity after…

Top 5 Films of 2015

2015 has been an undeniably excellent year for film. From blockbusters, comedies, indie flicks and animations to huge franchises adding to their catalogue, there has been no shortage of screen worthy flicks to cultivate conversation and make for endless cinema…

FILM REVIEW: Grandma

Rating: Lily Tomlin returns to her first lead role in 27 years with an unapologetic, hilarious depiction of an ageing lesbian poet who has to help her granddaughter find money for an abortion. Writer/Director Paul Weitz wrote the part specifically…

VIDEO FILM REVIEW: CAROL (LFF)

Rating: Niki and Matt were lucky enough to catch Carol at the London Film Festival this year and it has stayed with them ever since. Carol is perhaps being easily pigeon-holed as a lesbian love story but it is in fact…

FILM: HE NAMED ME MALALA (VIDEO)

Rating: He Named Me Malala Director: Davis Guggenheim Documentary film chronicling the journey of female activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban for speaking out for a girls right to education in Pakistan. Deeply…

FILM: KILL YOUR FRIENDS (VIDEO)

Rating: Kill Your Friends Director: Owen Harris Starring: Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Joseph Mawle and Ed Skrein Kill Your Friends, the big screen adaptation of John Niven’s cult classic novel, is blacker than a…

LFF: ANOMALISA

Rating: The surprise film at the London Film Festival is always one of the fastest selling screenings. If you’re not on the ball at 10am on the day of ticket release then you may as well not bother; it’s not…